Man, the part that gets me is that the hack that tipped you off wasn't even the dangerous one. That old recipe forum was probably worthless to the hackers, but they didn't need it to be valuable. They just needed your email and password combo so they could try it everywhere else. There are bots that do this all day, taking leaked lists and running them against thousands of sites in minutes, like a key that opens every door in the building. So the real damage wasn't the forum getting hit, it was that one small nobody site handed over the key to everything. This is why I stopped treating "junk" signups as harmless, because that throwaway account from 2009 can be the weakest link that brings down your bank. Makes you wonder how many dead accounts you still have out there that you don't even remember making.

That sounds terrifying. I had a close call on a wet roof a few years back and my hands shook for an hour after. The sick feeling sticks with you longer than the bruises do. Take it easy this week and don't rush back up there.