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Topic: UPDATED! [Guide] How to know if your email address was part of any data breach. (Read 668 times)

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I tried this site and put my mail in it and it is good that I am able to find any breach in my mail and I have now been able to make sure that my mail is safe I hope everyone will try this site

I'm glad to hear you found this thread helpful. I usually check my emails from time to time. Don't want to be caught with my pants down.



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Google chrome now ships a data breach notification feature out of the box. When you type your credentials into a website, Chrome will now warn you if your username and password have been compromised in a data breach on some site or app. It will suggest that you change them everywhere they were used. You can use this as an alternative to IhaveBeenPwned if you prefer not to enter your email at an unknown website.

How to toggle the feature?
1. Goto Settings
2. Click on Sync & Google services.
3. Scroll down and then toggle feature on / off depending on what you want:

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I tried this site and put my mail in it and it is good that I am able to find any breach in my mail and I have now been able to make sure that my mail is safe I hope everyone will try this site
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You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.

It's better to know. Lack of knowledge isn't good. At least once you check and maybe you were pwned in the past, You'll get an idea of where phishing emails are from and then rryto mitigate or control it.

I totally agree. Lack of knowledge won't help anyone keep their assets safe. It could also lead to identity theft which is not good. Well, there is a way to make it safer and the best way to avoid your email breach is to use different emails and different password. Using oassword manager would make it help manage your passwords
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You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.

It's better to know. Lack of knowledge isn't good. At least once you check and maybe you were pwned in the past, You'll get an idea of where phishing emails are from and then rryto mitigate or control it.
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You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.
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This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
[email protected]  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.
I imagine there are people who will setup their email password this way:
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@gmail or _gmail or gmail)
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@gemini or _gemini or gemini)
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@coinbase or _coinbase or coinbase)

This is a very terrible method to setup password. The better method is using randomly created passwords.

Agreed. The process is tedious and isn't as secured as he said. A more better approach is to utilize the usefulness of password managers as they put a stop to the use of repetitive passwords across more than one website thus promoting unique passwords.
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This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
[email protected]  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.
I imagine there are people who will setup their email password this way:
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@gmail or _gmail or gmail)
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@gemini or _gemini or gemini)
[email protected]: passphrase A + (@coinbase or _coinbase or coinbase)

This is a very terrible method to setup password. The better method is using randomly created passwords.
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STEP 1 : Goto: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
STEP 2: Type in your email address in the space provided and click the 'pwned' button  as seen below:
This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
[email protected]  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])
[email protected] (create filter to redirect all emails to [email protected])

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.
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Every week i get notification in my email about request access in website wallet like Coinbase,Coins.id.
But i don't care with them because i don't have any crypto in there  Grin

After i see this post and check. My email is pwned.



Sorry. These things happen.At least you know why you've been receiving the emails. Now you know, It's important that you do the needful. Since you're already receiving phishing emails, You can go ahead and block the sender. Next, mark the email ✅ as spam. That way, Google will put it in the spam folder next time.


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Every week i get notification in my email about request access in website wallet like Coinbase,Coins.id.
But i don't care with them because i don't have any crypto in there  Grin

After i see this post and check. My email is pwned.

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I saw some similar site on the internet which titles "Have your password been pwned?" Some of them might just stored the passwords I think, so everyone should be a little careful while actually entering personal information on sites to check. Don't be pwned while checking whether you've been pwned.  Grin

I will never type a password anywhere on similar website, mail is completely a different kettle of fish. When it comes to login on exchange, it's good to have separate email only for use it there
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Several breaches, no pastes. Pretty scary that those you think are secure could still succumb to these breaches :/
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I know for certain that my email has been shared to the public without my permission (Thanks BitMex Huh) But I took certain steps to make sure that doesn't affect me at all, I know they say that no account is too strong to be hacked but the way I secured mine, it's looking a lot like Fort Knox and any hacker who manages to breach it really deserves to get whatever they want because I would be impressed, apart from using a long and complicated password, I urge everyone to use a secures recovery phone number and email and multiple 2FA, make it so complicated that even when you are trying to log into your account, it stresses you.
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Good guide @nelson4lov
Everyone should check their email for potential leaks, and change passwords.

One more alternative website where you can check then same thing about email leaks:
https://haveibeensold.app/

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@nelson4lov, thanks for the link.
Just checked on of my old emails and found it was pwned 5times. The first leak was in 2013  Cheesy

However, I noticed that Mozilla Monitor results are being provided by Have I Been Pwned. But what I like about them is that when you subscribe they will notify you when you visit one of the websites that has been breached.
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I saw some similar site on the internet which titles "Have your password been pwned?" Some of them might just stored the passwords I think, so everyone should be a little careful while actually entering personal information on sites to check. Don't be pwned while checking whether you've been pwned.  Grin
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I am a skeptical person by nature and don't believe that someone would provide such service for free..
By entering your email address there, you are telling them that you care about it and Hence there are high chances that it contains some valuable information.


I get your point and I understand the point you're trying to drive home. The website did make one thing clear
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As with any website, if you're concerned about the intent or security, don't use it.


If you're not comfortable with using IhaveBeenPwned, You can use Mozilla Monitor . It's not every website that provides a value for FREE that  is actually bad.

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