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I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is: 6 to 10 characters, no special characters, no repeated characters, not case-sensitive.

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lack in alax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

Note: The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

Note2: I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that password meter deeemedPassword Meter deemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is: 6 to 10 characters, no special characters, no repeated characters, not case-sensitive.

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lack in a policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

Note: The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

Note2: I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that password meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is: 6 to 10 characters, no special characters, no repeated characters, not case-sensitive.

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

Note: The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

Note2: I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meter deemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

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Bad password policy at my bank?

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is 6: 6 to 10 characters No, no special characters No, no repeated characters, not case-sensitive.

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a laxlack in a policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

EDIT.Note: The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

EDIT.Note2: I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meterpassword meter deeemed "Very strong". AmAm I wrong to still be concerned?

EDIT. The passwords are also not case-sensitive.

Bad password policy at my bank?

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is 6 to 10 characters No special characters No repeated characters

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

EDIT. The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

EDIT. I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

EDIT. The passwords are also not case-sensitive.

Bad password policy at my bank

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is: 6 to 10 characters, no special characters, no repeated characters, not case-sensitive.

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lack in a policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

Note: The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

Note2: I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that password meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

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I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is 6 to 10 characters No special characters No repeated characters

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

EDIT. The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

EDIT. I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

EDIT. The passwords are also not case-sensitive.

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is 6 to 10 characters No special characters No repeated characters

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

EDIT. The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

EDIT. I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

I logged in to my bank tonight and was prompted that all customers were being forced to change their passwords for "security reasons".

The policy for new passwords is 6 to 10 characters No special characters No repeated characters

My old password was much better than this. I used a random password generator.

I am not a security expert but this seems like a lax policy. Am I being overly paranoid? This is a business account.

Should I suspect that I myself was hacked?

EDIT. The ATM card number is not part of the bank's online authentication process.

EDIT. I went to Password Meter and was able to cobble together some passwords that meet this criteria and that Password Meter deeemed "Very strong". Am I wrong to still be concerned?

EDIT. The passwords are also not case-sensitive.

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