Over 26 billion records were exposed in data breaches in 2024 alone. Your email address and passwords have likely appeared in at least one breach. But most people have no idea their credentials are floating around the dark web, being sold for as little as $1 per account.
Why You Need to Check for Data Breaches
When a company gets hacked, the stolen data (emails, passwords, credit card numbers) ends up on underground marketplaces. Criminals buy these lists and try the stolen passwords on hundreds of other sites. If you reuse passwords, a breach at one site can compromise all your accounts.
How to Check If Your Data Has Been Leaked
Check Your Email Address
Use our Breach Monitoring Dashboard to instantly check if your email address appears in any known data breaches. We scan multiple databases to give you a comprehensive picture of your exposure.
Check Your Passwords
Never enter your actual password into a random website. Trusted tools check passwords by comparing encrypted versions (called hashes), so your actual password is never transmitted or stored.
Check the Dark Web
Our monitoring tools scan dark web marketplaces and forums for your personal information, including email addresses, phone numbers, and login credentials.
What to Do If Your Password Was Leaked
1. Change the Password Immediately
Replace the compromised password with a strong, unique password. Use our Password Generator to create a password that is at least 16 characters long with a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols.
2. Change It Everywhere You Used It
If you used the same password on multiple sites (and most people do), change it on every single one. This is the most important step.
3. Enable Two-Factor Authentication
Add an extra layer of protection so that even if someone has your password, they cannot access your account without a second verification step.
4. Monitor Your Accounts
Watch for unauthorized logins, password reset emails you did not request, and unfamiliar activity on your accounts.
How to Prevent Future Breaches from Affecting You
Use unique passwords for every account. This is the single most effective protection against breach-related attacks.
Use a password manager. A password manager creates and stores strong, unique passwords for every site so you do not have to remember them.
Enable breach alerts. Set up monitoring with our Breach Dashboard to get notified immediately when your information appears in a new breach.
Remove your data from broker sites. The less information available about you online, the harder it is for criminals to use breach data against you. Use our Data Broker Removal tool to clean up your digital footprint.