[HOME]10:36 AM Aug 23, 2020

Have I Been PWNED?

PWNED - PassWordowNED

Yet another security breach in the news. Want to find out if any of your email accounts have been breached? Just go to https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Type in your email and click on the pwned? button at the end. You'll either get a Green Good News - no pwnage found! pop-up or a Redish brrown Oh no - pwned!.

So what to do:

  • It's recommended to change your password and security questions.
  • Do not use simple passwords - I use just numbers, letters and pucuation marks.
  • And make it long. Use a passord manager like Lasspass if necessary to remember.
  • Add 2 factor autinication if available. You may require a smartphone with texting for this, one thing I don't have.

    Out of my six email accounts only one was found pwned, no surprise to me, it was my Yahoo account. I'm soon going to get rid of that thing altogether.