If a company or website gets hacked, why does it matter how strong my password is? Isn’t it more important that I don’t re-use a password?

Question

If a site gets hacked, am I at any sort of advantage by having a complicated password, or does it not really matter at that point?

In: Technology

Answer 1

If the website gets hacked and they can get the unencrypted passwords, it’s not really relevant how strong the password is. Strong passwords keep people out using the “manual” way of breaking into your account, aka guessing your password. This can either be a brute force type attack or certain people that for whatever reason want to break into your account specifically