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Old 01-06-2021, 12:28 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by socalwingfan View Post
I did that and CalgaryPuck.com was listed
It's actually telling you that the password you are using has been compromised before (in some other hack).

Rather than 'brute forcing' a password, they will first try a list of known passwords obtained from other breaches.

Apple/google is just letting you know that your password for CP is included in one of those databases (not that it was obtained from a hack of CP).

Best practice is to use a unique password for each site and ideally a password that hasn't been used by anyone for any site previously.
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