Theoretically speaking of course ;)

If my home instance gets hacked, what’s the worst case scenario for my personal data?

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    1 year ago

    They create giant databases of every breached password in rainbow tables from previously breached password hashes, and then try them all if they ever expose another breach. If they get a database in a breach they can try a lot, like trillions, very fast.

    Re-using passwords makes things much easier for them.

    Bots attempt passwords on sites’ login forms all the time but aren’t very effective. Usually have hundreds a day even when I had a wedding site not even listed on google. Probably only works for very short and frequently used passwords.