Passwords are easy to ignore until something goes wrong. A suspicious login alert. A locked account. A service telling you your data may have been exposed. Suddenly, that old password you’ve been reusing for years doesn’t feel so harmless.
That’s where Change Your Password Day comes in, celebrated on February 1. What makes this awareness day especially relevant is that password habits, despite years of warnings, haven’t improved as much as we’d like.
According to the Bitdefender 2025 Consumer