Why? Because he assumed it would not let him set it to his old password immediately for security reasons. But at least the site made us change passwords after the downtime - a very good idea.
What annoys me are work related systems insisting you change password every 4-6 weeks and remembering a years worth. So my password ends up less secure than the very secure one I used to have. a word yes but spelt with some numbers and special characters instead of l3tt3r5.
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