Also, the turfer comment makes you seem like a conspiracy theorist. There’s nothing untoward or off about the replies you’ve received so far that is off enough to suggest astroturfing.
Also, the turfer comment makes you seem like a conspiracy theorist. There’s nothing untoward or off about the replies you’ve received so far that is off enough to suggest astroturfing.
Even the backwards cybersecurity laws in the US don't work that way.
If you use “Hunter2” as a password for all of your accounts and AOL gets hacked, the hackers know your password is “Hunter2”. If they get into your Facebook or Gmail account because you also used “Hunter2” there, that is neither Facebook’s or Gmail’s fault. It is your own fault.
In your example the site is fully capable of preventing weak passwords or enforcing things like MFA that make this type of attack a lot less effective. It may surprise you to know that most websites already do this!