Did your
email account be compromised?
Now
days email account security is very essential because, we use our email address
in many fields like Bank Account, Government Application, Income Tax sites and
other health-related sites so we have to bother about the security and protect
our email account from cybercriminals, otherwise, our valuable data will lose
or it may be used for illegal activities.
We
had discussed the 2 Step verification and other Multi-Layer security in the
previous article. Today we are going to discuss, how to monitor our email
account or how can check whether the email account compromised or breached?
What
is a data breach?
Simply
a data breach exposes or release of private or confidential data to public or
dark web. This kinds of breaches can be intentional or accidental but both will
affect the Users very hard because the criminals can use these confidential
data for illegal activities.
How to check whether email account security breached or compromised?
Let
me share one site with you, Its ';--have i been
pwned? URL: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
This
website will allow internet users to check whether their data has been
compromised by data breaches. The service collects and analyzes hundreds of
database dumps and pastes containing information about billions of leaked
accounts, and allows users to search for their information by entering their
username or email address. Users can also sign up to be notified if their email
address appears in future dumps.
This
site is developed by Troy Hunt, Security Expert.
How to check?
Step1:
Open Site : https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Step2:
Type Email Address in the field and click ‘pwned?’
Email Account – Secure
Email Account - Breached
Conclusion
If the pwned result looks like breached then change your password immediately and verify the email recovery settings. Also will get more security if enable Multi Layer security options as discussed early.
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