Check If Your Online Accounts Has Been Compromised

Few months back, I had written a blog post here about a useful online service called HackNotifier that answers your question ‘has your email address and username been compromised’. Here is another, free online service called Pwnedlist that also helps you know if your accounts has been compromised.

Pwnedlist checks your username or email address against its nearly 5 million database of pilfered personal data.

To check, just enter at Pwnedlist, type in your username or email address in the search box and click ‘Check’. It will then deliver the good or bad news to you as shown in the image above.

If the answer is ‘Yes’, it does not necessarily mean someone has tried to break into your account, however, you should consider changing your passwords.

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