content: Got into it with Wells Fargo for prompting me to change my username After like eight years Wells Fargo is requiring me to change my user name because "security". I literally called to see if there was any way to not have to do it, but, of course I was unsuccessful and no one could tell me what security issue prompted it.  The old lady who was apparently the head person in that particular department (three transfers up) told me, after some exchanges, that "you can't rely on what security experts and 'science' says, you have to think outside the box against hackers" So remember everyone: The best way to stay secure is to have a different username and a different password for every account and change both of them frequently; you can remember all that right? Also, ignore "science."