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Recent Security Breach - Was Your Info Included?Published January 21, 2019
“...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 PluralAsight.” Check Your InfoOn his site Have I Been Pwnd, you can find out whether or not your information was included in the latest breach (or earlier breaches). The site is free and simple to use. To check whether your email was included in the breach visit the Have I Been Pwned link. To see if your passwords were also included, visit Password check page of the site. When using the site, make sure to check every email address you currently use and every current password. Old passwords might show up in the database, but if you no longer use them, there’s nothing to worry about. A Few Obvious Password TipsAfter running several passwords through the password checker, I noted that only my old passwords have been pwned. Back in the day, that old 8-character password was used over and over again. I used it for almost every site that needed a password. That was back when I was new to the internet. Since then I learned the following: ![]()
Some programs have 2-factor or multi-factor authentication. Opt to use it whenever possible. It’s a bit annoying and takes a little longer to sign into accounts, but better the inconvenience of signing in than the inconvenience of getting hacked. *heavy sigh* Such is life on the Internet. Felicia (aka Low Tech Grandma) is a wife, mother, grandmother, freelance writer and low tech blogger. Last Modified: 1 July 2023 |
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