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Do You Have an Online Account That Was Compromised in a Data Breach?

September 12, 2016

There's an easy way to find out. If you enter your log-in ID on Troy Hunt's "Have I been pwned" website, the site will tell you if you have an account that was compromised in a data breach. Yes, it is a safe site (not all are). Troy Hunt is a Microsoft Regional Director and Most Valuable Professional awardee for Developer Security, blogger at troyhunt.com, international speaker on web security and the author of many top-rating security courses for web developers on Pluralsight.

You probably use your e-mail address a lot as well as your name, etc. when creating an account ID – those are obvious places to start.

No one is immune – John and I have both been compromised – by the Adobe, Dropbox and LinkedIn breaches. It's a pain, but better to change your credentials, not only where you've been compromised but on other sites using the same ID, especially if you reuse passwords, as indeed most people do.

A very handy tool – and one of our favorite technology tips.

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