How using a Password Manager Saved Me $2900
summary
An extortion email claims a leaked password and demands 2900 in bitcoin; the exposed string matches an old account on a pop culture wiki. A password manager (lastpass) with generated unique passwords plus a CSV export lets the owner quickly confirm the breach, change the compromised credential, and contain the exposure to that single site. The concrete outcome: no funds lost because reused credentials are not giving attackers access to banking or email.
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