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

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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.

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

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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.

March 10, 2019 by Bloggista Internet Security 1

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

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

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