Hit 1000 breached passwords in my personal vault today

I use a password manager and have a habit of checking haveibeenpwned every few weeks. Today the count finally crossed 1000 unique entries tied to my email, and it was a gut punch. Half of those were from old forums and sketchy shopping sites I dont even remember anymore. The scary part is I only reuse passwords for junk accounts, but even that feels like playing roulette. How do you all keep track of breach exposure without getting overwhelmed by the number?

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margaret_kelly5518d agoMost Upvoted

At that point it is less a vault and more a museum of bad decisions, honestly. 1000 breaches means you have basically been data-broken into more times than a piñata at a toddler party. The junk account password reuse is the real kicker, you are basically handing out one key to a bunch of doors that all lead to the same hallway. Might as well start a countdown until one of those old forum mods decides to sell the whole list on a Tuesday. Good luck, and maybe start using fake emails for anything that asks for one just to keep the score from hitting 2000.