My password is so clever I used it for every single thing that just got hacked

In this modern technological world, everything needs a secret way in. Seems we're using passwords for everything these days.

A lot of you out there probably think you might have a cool password. A strong password. A "difficult to guess" password.

I assure you, however, that it does not compare to the password that I possessed until recently, and which was so mind-bendingly clever that I used it for every single social media account and internet- or banking-adjacent platform possible, which, yes, did sort of screw me in the end, because whoever guessed my password for that one thing was then able to use it for every single other thing connected to my identity.

But what a ride it was.

It was so amazing. I can't tell it to you… actually I guess I sort of could, because I need to change it anyway, stat.

Or maybe the hackers already changed it? I'm not entirely clear on the process there; when the hackers steal your password, do they change it? And if you're going to change it, you haven't really stolen the original for long, right?

Or do they keep using that password they took from you, so that you never know? But I do know. When I found out, however, my bank told me to change my password immediately, which makes me think the thief was still using the same password that they stole and that I came up with and which is so cool if I could only tell you, I can't, but holy cow it had everything.

The password has humble origins, as I'm sure most do. In this case it was for a Hotmail account. That was merely a gateway password, though, and I used the same one for MySpace — easier to remember, I told myself, and besides, so cool.

It referenced a popular television show at the time, and a number that people found funny, and my mother's maiden name.

The latter of which I'm going to go ahead and guess made it a lot easier for those ill-meaning folks to guess the answers to my security questions after getting my password, or vice-versa. Probably vice-versa.

My mom has such a fun maiden name, though. You should meet her sometime, she'll tell it to you, though she won't tell you the other parts of the password. She knows 'em, though.

In conclusion, I'd just like to say I had a great time with that password, and hope to have another good run with my next one, which I will also use for every account of mine because honestly what are the odds this kind of thing is going to happen to me twice?

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