[gentoo-user] Questions about hacked sites and passwords

[Dale]

Howdy,

It was on the news that some company got hacked into that was related to 
Amazon.  They said Amazon users should change their password just as a 
precaution.  I have a questions tho.  I use some pretty good passwords 
for the things that matter, sites such as my bank, credit card, ebay, 
paypal, newegg and others that may store things such as my credit card 
numbers.  Here is a example but not a close match to a typical password:

$cb78862A!

According to those password strength websites, that is a great 
password.  Fairly long and lots of assorted characters and impossible to 
guess since it contains no personal info such as birthdays or pets.  
This is fairly typical for sites that matter.  I may use something 
simple for sites such as forums or something tho.

My question.  If I have a really good password and someone gets hacked, 
should I change the password if the passwords are still safe?  In other 
words, they got some data such as email addys but the passwords and 
credit cards are still secure.  Should a person change it anyway?

One reason I ask this.  I remember my passwords well.  If I go to 
changing them every time someone gets hacked, I'll never be able to keep 
up with them again.  I use Lastpass to remember them but it could stop 
working because of a upgrade or something.  Then again, I could use its 
autogenerate thing and just HOPE for the best on upgrades.

Thoughts?  What do you guys, and our gal, do in situations like this?

Dale

:-)  :-)

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