Over the past two years, database hacks to get user information have become increasingly common. The most recent is the data sharing case of Mobile World and FPT. Recently, a huge email password leak has just appeared called “Collection #1”. With the largest scale ever, about 772,904,991 emails and 21,222,975 passwords have been shared publicly on Hacker forums.
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Thankfully, security researcher Troy Hunt, owner of the Email Have I Been Pwned Password Security Checkup Website, has discovered 12,000 separate data and 87Gb of data uploaded to the MegaUpload service. Then this data was added by a famous hacker forum with more than 2000 previously leaked databases to form a huge volume of Email and Password data. More dangerous, is that the password has been translated back into plaintext (unencrypted), and anyone can see it.
How to check if Email has been hacked Password?
Check if Email is in Hacked list
Previously, AnonyViet showed you how to Check if your account has been hacked? This is the website of Vietnam. If you are curious to know if your email is among the latest hacked accounts, you can use Genuine tool of Have I Been Pwned.
Enter Email enter the search box.
If the message appears:
Oh no — pwned!
Pwned on xx breached sites and found no pastes (subscribe to search sensitive)
Then xx is the number of Websites containing your Email information. You need to change your Email Password immediately to avoid losing your account.
If the message appears:
Good news — no pwnage found!
No breached accounts and no pastes (subscribe to search sensitive)
Well congrats, your email or account is safe!
Check if your password is in the leaked list
Currently Have I Been Pwned has in hand a list of accounts whose passwords have been exposed. You can check if your password has been hacked or not, by comparing it with the available data of Have I Been Pwned. You need to access the link Check Password.
If the message appears:
Oh no — pwned!
This password has been seen xxx times before
This password has previously appeared in a data breach and should never be used. If you’ve ever used it anywhere before, change it!
In there xxx is the number of times your Password appears in the hacked database. If you are using this Password, you need to change it for all accounts in use.
If the message appears:
Good news — no pwnage found!
This password wasn’t found in any of the Pwned Passwords loaded into Have I Been Pwned. That doesn’t definitely mean it’s a good password, merely that it’s not indexed on this site. If you’re not already using a password manager, go and download 1Password and change all your passwords to be strong and unique.
Congratulations, your password has never appeared in the hacked data. You don’t need to worry about the account.
How to set a strong password to not be hacked
If you are worried that this Website stores your Email or Password, you should proceed to change the Password for all existing accounts. Standard Strong Password will include: uppercase, lowercase, special characters, and numbers … should have 8 characters or more.
And avoid placing Easy-to-guess password to avoid detection by friends or family.
