@Edent I think you need to read that email closer. There was no data breach from us.
However, regarding the question, you actually do not have a choice. Your password has now been erased. You *have* to reset your password if you want back in.
https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2024/06/29/password-reset-required-for-plugin-authors/
@otto42 I think you need to write the email more clearly.
"We have begun to force reset passwords for all plugin authors and some other users whose information was found by security researchers in data breaches. "
That reads to me like "(all authors && other users) whose info was found…"
@Edent I didn't write it. However, quite simply, if you got the email, then your previous password has been invalidated. Reset it to get back in.
@otto42 perhaps you could pass on some feedback that it is a *very* poorly worded email.
Does anything stop me re-using my old password?
@Edent if its a good password, no. However, it will not allow use of pws found in other data breaches such as the haveibeenpwned set.
