Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
hashed passwords will protect them (as they can't be reversed/unscrambled - it's a hash, not encryption), but it's still good advice to change them if used elsewhere
Unfortunately that’s not the case. They can be brute forced by using a word list comparison. This is particularly true if people have used simple passwords, which is the reason why now a lot of sites and apps ask for more complex passwords.