In what’s becoming an almost regular occurrence, yet another data breach exposing millions of personal records has occurred. Recently, concert ticketing service Ticketfly has announced that 26 million user records have been leaked.
With data breaches being so prevalent, it is prudent to regularly change the passwords you use. Has your data been a part of one of these breaches? The sites below can help you determine if professional or personal information has been exposed.
- Have I been pwned? – Check if you have an account that has been in a data breach
- Email Breach Exposure Analysis – Provides a exposure level ranking based on various factors
- Have I Been Sold? – Database which shows if your email address has been sold
- Databases Today – Downloadable databases that have been a part of data breaches
What can you do?
Update your password regularly don’t reuse old passwords. In addition, we highly recommend taking advantage of those services that make use of multi-factor authentication. Read more about how to enable MFA for popular services like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn.
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