As George finishes taking back his accounts, his panic makes way for confusion.

It was a strong password, and he’s never given it to a criminal. So what went wrong?

George had a MySpace page when he was a teenager.

In 2008, MySpace was hacked by cybercriminals who stole all their users’ names, email addresses, and passwords. 

From there, the passwords of MySpace’s 360 million users became public knowledge.