A friend of mine had apparently not secured her Gmail account adequately. Her Gmail account was hacked then they were able to get into her Amazon account, ordering $625 of e-gift cards.

People need to start using passkeys. In fact, Microsoft is now making passkeys the default option instead of passwords.

Passkeys are tied to biometrics on your phone, tablet, or laptop. For phones/tablets, it's going to be FaceID/TouchID, or your passcode. For laptops, fingerprint or PIN.

The important part is that passkeys cannot be hacked. I was getting many password reset attempts on my LinkedIn account from Russia. When I added the passkey, they stopped. If you backup your passkeys to the cloud, in Passwords app for Apple with iCloud keychain or other password app, you don't have to worry if you lose your device or if it bricks (breaks and can't be resurrected).

Many services/websites support passkeys. Apple, Amazon, Google, FB, Microsoft, etc. I use one wherever possible. Still peeved my big bank still uses codes via text for authentication. Can't even use an authentication app as an option.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...c-ed0e3c852c6d