UPDATED! [Guide] How to know if your email address was part of any data breach.

[terizla]

Every week i get notification in my email about request access in website wallet like Coinbase,Coins.id.
But i don't care with them because i don't have any crypto in there 

After i see this post and check. My email is pwned.

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[nelson4lov]

Every week i get notification in my email about request access in website wallet like Coinbase,Coins.id.
But i don't care with them because i don't have any crypto in there 

After i see this post and check. My email is pwned.

Sorry. These things happen.At least you know why you've been receiving the emails. Now you know, It's important that you do the needful. Since you're already receiving phishing emails, You can go ahead and block the sender. Next, mark the email ✅ as spam. That way, Google will put it in the spam folder next time.

[Velkro]

STEP 1 : Goto: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
STEP 2: Type in your email address in the space provided and click the 'pwned' button  as seen below:

This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
peter@gmail.com  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
peter_gemini@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)
peter_coinbase@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.

[nelson4lov]

Bump for visibility.

[hatakeyudu]

This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
peter@gmail.com  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
peter_gemini@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)
peter_coinbase@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.

I imagine there are people who will setup their email password this way:
peter@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@gmail or _gmail or gmail)
peter_gemini@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@gemini or _gemini or gemini)
peter_coinbase@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@coinbase or _coinbase or coinbase)

This is a very terrible method to setup password. The better method is using randomly created passwords.

[nelson4lov]

This is really bad advice. Site like this often exist only to get your private data so active email address that you checking.
Better method is to register with new email on every new website. So for example you use:
peter@gmail.com  (as personal email but you want to register on coinbase and gemini exchange)
peter_gemini@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)
peter_coinbase@gmail.com (create filter to redirect all emails to peter@gmail.com)

Then you use one email, but you are 100% sure from which service (email) you start to receive spam.

I imagine there are people who will setup their email password this way:
peter@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@gmail or _gmail or gmail)
peter_gemini@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@gemini or _gemini or gemini)
peter_coinbase@gmail.com: passphrase A + (@coinbase or _coinbase or coinbase)

This is a very terrible method to setup password. The better method is using randomly created passwords.

Agreed. The process is tedious and isn't as secured as he said. A more better approach is to utilize the usefulness of password managers as they put a stop to the use of repetitive passwords across more than one website thus promoting unique passwords.

[Negotiation]

You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.

[nelson4lov]

You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.

It's better to know. Lack of knowledge isn't good. At least once you check and maybe you were pwned in the past, You'll get an idea of where phishing emails are from and then rryto mitigate or control it.

[nakamura12]

You've said a lot of good because sometimes we think our email address is safe and then it becomes a data breach and we're the victim That's why I benefited by your post that if we have a problem like this we will benefit a little if we change the password It is good to check different things without it.

It's better to know. Lack of knowledge isn't good. At least once you check and maybe you were pwned in the past, You'll get an idea of where phishing emails are from and then rryto mitigate or control it.

I totally agree. Lack of knowledge won't help anyone keep their assets safe. It could also lead to identity theft which is not good. Well, there is a way to make it safer and the best way to avoid your email breach is to use different emails and different password. Using oassword manager would make it help manage your passwords

[nelson4lov]

bump.

[daneal stev]

I tried this site and put my mail in it and it is good that I am able to find any breach in my mail and I have now been able to make sure that my mail is safe I hope everyone will try this site

[nelson4lov]

I tried this site and put my mail in it and it is good that I am able to find any breach in my mail and I have now been able to make sure that my mail is safe I hope everyone will try this site

I'm glad to hear you found this thread helpful. I usually check my emails from time to time. Don't want to be caught with my pants down.


Update

Google chrome now ships a data breach notification feature out of the box. When you type your credentials into a website, Chrome will now warn you if your username and password have been compromised in a data breach on some site or app. It will suggest that you change them everywhere they were used. You can use this as an alternative to IhaveBeenPwned if you prefer not to enter your email at an unknown website.

How to toggle the feature?
1. Goto Settings
2. Click on Sync & Google services.
3. Scroll down and then toggle feature on / off depending on what you want: