When you are accessing personal information through the internet such as using online banking, checking your brokerage account or managing your 401k, you want to make sure that you are using a secure password that is not easy to guess. Password theft can be very detrimental as you may not realize it until the damage has been done. If someone can hack your password, they will be able to get into your account and change the password so that you are locked out.

Here are 7 practical ways you can protect yourself from password theft.

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