Square-Enix hacked

[quantumsaint]

I think he might have also meant change your passwords OUTSIDE of XIV.

Ideally, you're not supposed to use the same password for everything, but humans are naturally lazy, and I'm sure a good chunk of forum goers use the same password for every login they use. Yes it's foolish, but it happens way more than you think. Ever wonder why when Kotaku/Gawker got hacked it caused an uproar (not only because of their silly security practices)? It's because a lot of stupid people who post there (which is a good number, considering it's Kotaku) used the same username and password for everything, and therefore left themselves a HUGE target for account theft in venues outside of Gawker sites.

Before you ask, I obviously use a separate password for this game and many sites that I consider are "mission-critical". Some people don't.

Yeah. Isn't that how FFXI players got hacked? Using their same account password with phishers posing as fan sites? I'm guilty of using the same password or permutations of it for most things. Of course, banking and the like I use more unique passwords, but still, there are those that don't who should change their passwords.

Kind of off-topic: Go ahead and take my identity, hackers. Just found out yesterday I'm being sued for $1500. My credit sucks...