How to check if your email account is compromised, and fix it

With the shocking news in September 22, 2016 that Yahoo finally admitted to a widespread data breach involving some 500 million user accounts, and the recent massive emails and data breach at Verifications.io it is time that everyone should take data and account security very seriously.

Most of our online accounts are registered using an email, and chances are, if you happen to use Yahoo email, that your account is one of those accounts breached.

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‘Massive’ 808 million emails and data breach at Verifications .io

A massive number of emails of about 808 million with personal information were leaked online when a public MongoDB was kept without a password by an “enterprise email validation service provider” Verifications.io.

Compromised data were Dates of birth, Email addresses, Employers, Genders, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses of individuals.

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Creating a Good Brand Online through Social Media Engagement

As mentioned in the previous two articles, one of the most effective virtual branding tools is the social media. Obviously, it’s a great avenue for promoting blog posts, increasing readership, gaining followers, and improving blog stats.

Unfortunately, not too many bloggers understand how to utilize it to their advantage. To enhance blog branding using social media, keep your content similar to what you have on your blog.

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Creating a Good Brand Online with Your Blog

Bloggista.com started as a make money online blog, exploring different ways in making money online like affiliate marketing, paid reviews and advertising.

Then came the SEO madness where this blog was used to experiment getting traffic from popular searches, making it virtually a “no value” blog due to inconsistent contents.

It did generate “some money” in the process, however it was short-lived, and Bloggista.com lost its “identity.”

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