******** has been compromised. Please ***** and ******** to ensure your continued security

ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 125 points –
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“The hackers already have your password, but we can’t show it to you, for security reasons.”

What's the point of this post? That they should display the password on plain text?

It may be possible they are using something similar to Have I Been Pwned

Yes. It is your fault if some company got hacked because your screensaver didn't come on for 30 minutes. Climate change is also your fault because you didn't recycle that yogurt container. Likewise that listeria poisoning you got you shouldn't have eaten at that restaurant chain.

You should probably go back to sleep and try today over again.