"You have leaked your master password to the public putting your account at risk..."That life changing memo from @gtg!"

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Please do not lose your password because losing your password means losing your account in its entirety and when that happens, there is definitely nothing you can do about it.
Do you know the ultimate rules of Steemit? Steemit has some very simple rules and knowing those rules will help you have a healthy mind mining adventure on this blockchain website.
My account was compromised today and trust me, it wasn't fun!

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Steemit has 7 rules and those rules are one and the same and they are:-

• The first rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
• The second rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
• The third rule of Steemit is: We cannot recover your password.
• The fourth rule: If you can remember the password, it's not secure.
• The fifth rule: Use only randomly-generated passwords.
• The sixth rule: Do not tell anyone your password.
• The seventh rule: Always back up your password.

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Those are some simple but strict rule you will say. I cannot agree more and that reality of losing my account dawned on me today.. I know I have been here for sometime and have taken every serious and careful measure one can think of to protect my password, so it was a shocker for me when I got a memo from @gtg.
"You have leaked your master password to the public putting your account at risk. Your keys was changed to prevent further damage. Please use account recovery process to regain your access. Be safe."

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My heart sank and I just lost control of my thought. After having started from the bottom and getting to the top, I now have to loose my account?
You can never be too careful especially when you it comes to your usage of the various services that are associated with Steemit.

I would have been thinking about getting another account today and the first thought that came to my mind was how am I going to start all over again? The account value was not even what crossed my mind but the thought of starting all over again and building another reputation from 25 up.

Steemit is a website that gives you that unique opportunity to mine your earnings with your mind and your ability to continually stay ahead in terms of innovation and creativity is what makes it unique and you must make sure to do the best you can to uniquely protect your password.

My advice is that whenever you are getting into any transactions with other affiliate websites, make sure to not allow your password go so easily, make sure to check carefully if the website you are visiting is steemit.com and not some phishing website designed to rip you of your hard earned Steem.
I think it is best to not jump on every website that requests your Master or Active Password, I did in the past but will never do such ever again.
If it isn't Steemit, it can never be Steemit.

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Looking at the memos sent out by @gtg, I counted no fewer than 25, and those are the ones he was able to pick out send the alerts. What would have happened if I didn't get the memo like I did?

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My account is secured and access given back to me again, and I just want to thank the awesome team at Steemit inc for resetting my password in a very short time and also to @gtg for sending the alert that helped.

@gtg is a Witness and he has been most amazing in helping Steemians not loose their accounts. You can see his recent post about Memos, keys and passwords, Balrogs and Fields of Despair. Be safe. Almost $100k wasn't.

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