No matter how strong you set your login credentials, they might be compromised if a website where you previously logged in has a data breach. Consequently, if the breached data is leaked publicly, anyone can log in to your account.
While some websites offer notification when someone attempts to access your account from another device, not all websites have this feature. Therefore, you may be completely unaware if someone tries to access your account. So it is always a good idea to verify if your passwords have been compromised.
Check Compromised Password On Browser
Most browsers allow you to verify if a password is compromised. It checks the database of breached websites and determines if it matches the username and password saved on the browser.
So first, you need to have thepassword saved on the browserto check whether the password has been compromised.
For the Chrome browser, you may either use your Google account or the browser itself to check for a compromised password.
Alternatively, you may also check the saved password from Chrome’s browser settings.
Microsoft Edge checks the saved password in the database of known public data leaks that are stored on the internet. If any username/email and password match the username-password from the leaks, you will get an alert about a compromised password.
Firefox checks the date of the website breach and the date you saved the password for that particular website. If the website was breached after you saved the password, youget an alertabout breached data.
Check Compromised Password on iOS
iOS devices have their own password manager service where the device monitors the password and checks if they appear in a data leak. Besides this, the manager also identifies whether the password has been used multiple times.
Check Compromised Password on macOS
you may use macOS’s built-in password manager to save passwords and verify if any of them are compromised.
Check for Data Breaches
A website named Have I Been Pwned keeps a database of breached websites. When you provide your email address, it then checks the database of leaked data for your email address. you may use this website to verify if any of your accounts was involved in a data leak.
