How to find out if your password has been stolen

It has become a necessity to secure your online accounts, mostly because of the recent spate of serious data breaches.

These are the tools you can use to help you figure out if your email address or addresses and passwords have been stolen…

1. Have I Been Pwned

This website will tell you if your email address has appeared in data breaches on other sites. However, you can still get attacked if you’ve used the same username and password combo somewhere else! This is why it is so important to never use the same login information multiple times. www.haveibeenpwned.com

2. Password Checkup Chrome Extension

This extension will check your password against any known data breaches when you sign into a website. Click here to download it now!

3. Password Managers

Use password managers like Dashlane or Keeper and it will let you know if your passwords have shown up in any data breaches. They also offer ways for you to update or change your password to keep your account safe and secure.

4. Login History

Sites like Google and Facebook let you see a list of every login or login attempt and where it came from. Logout of these sessions and change your password if you find any kind of strange activity.

5. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

You can also monitor any data breaches yourself with the help of this online tool.

Additionally it is always a good idea to activate the two-factor authentication and avoid anyone gaining access to your accounts, even if they do have your password.

Do you suspect that your password has been stolen? Take these vital steps or for IT assistance give The Computer Guyz a call on 021 110 0422 or email contact@tcgcape.co.za