Was Your Personal Credentials Compromised?

 

These numbers from 2024 may seem obsolete BUT these are like current statistics WHICH should send shrivers through our spine.  Just for email addresses alone, 183 million accounts and their associated data have been breached.  BUT let's NOT understate it because those numbers are beyond statistically alarming.  Unfortunately, breaches are an unfortunate reality of this digital era.  Chances are, some of the companies to WHOM we trusted our personal data are going to get potentially hacked📗📙📘

In straight terms, some of the data stored in servers [way beyond our control] may be going to be leaked.  And if you've been online for a long time, that means quite a bit of your and my data is floating around various corners of the internet.  And WHILE there is no single centralized database for all those stolen credentials on the web, one researcher compiled quite a fairly large database, which later we can check if your OR my email address/accounts were somehow breached beyond our awareness💧💧💧

To quote from lifehacker.com, Cybersecurity research company SYNTHIENT has compiled a massive database of stolen credentials from [almost] countless sources across the internet.  Guess HOW big is that compiled breached data?  It is 3.5 terabytes !@#$%? And to quote lifehacker.com further,  the database itself contains [hold your breath] 183 million email addresses alongside the websites they were associated to [I'll admit my own email address is one amongst those breached data ].  Check this site if you may:  https://haveibeenpwned.com/ by typing your email address/acount [with NO passwords]💥💥💥

As such, if your email address happens to be one of the breached data, that will show up and likely, your next question is:  WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Change your password ASAP, pronto, immediately because the best countermeasure with the least efforts you need to exert.  NOT to be threatening BUT if someone attempts to access your compromised credentials, your exposed data becomes a potentially serious risk❌❌❌

Our takeaway:  UNLESS you DON'T have an email account [WHICH I really doubt that you DON'T have], I very strongly encourage you to consider visiting that above-mentioned site and check if your personal credentials was/were one of the compromised ones.  If you're skeptical about this 2-cents advice, we leave things as it is, hoping you're personal data remain very much uncompromised till to date😡😡😡