Email and password traded online? 09:15 - May 25 with 2830 views | Swailsey | Just had this worrying email from Experian. Has anyone had this happen before? Other than changing my password, are there any other tips? -- "Our DataPatrol software has found a match to your email address during our monitoring of compromised data being illegally traded on the internet. To protect this email account, we recommend changing your password as soon as possible. We would also recommend changing the password for all other on-line accounts or services that you use the same email address or password to access. We would also recommend that you regularly change your passwords for your on-line services, possibly every 30 days for example. For security reason's I am unable to see what password has been found or the exact location. This may be your email address alongside what is believed to be a password but it may not be your exact password (we do not know your passwords)." | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:16 - May 25 with 2818 views | artsbossbeard | Didn't Lucan have this last week? | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:17 - May 25 with 2811 views | Swailsey |
Email and password traded online? on 09:16 - May 25 by artsbossbeard | Didn't Lucan have this last week? |
Oh really? | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:20 - May 25 with 2798 views | artsbossbeard |
Email and password traded online? on 09:17 - May 25 by Swailsey | Oh really? |
Yep, can't remember the outcome but facters posted something on the thread too. Might well be worth having a scour back on Lucan & Factual posts. | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:22 - May 25 with 2789 views | factual_blue |
Email and password traded online? on 09:20 - May 25 by artsbossbeard | Yep, can't remember the outcome but facters posted something on the thread too. Might well be worth having a scour back on Lucan & Factual posts. |
Can't remember exactly where I found it, but it was basically a link saying the emails are genuine and from Experian. | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:30 - May 25 with 2746 views | Swailsey |
Email and password traded online? on 09:22 - May 25 by factual_blue | Can't remember exactly where I found it, but it was basically a link saying the emails are genuine and from Experian. |
Thanks both | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:44 - May 25 with 2701 views | Swailsey |
Bingo! Thanks | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:46 - May 25 with 2695 views | DanTheMan | As for changing your password, I'd suggest getting yourself a password manager and using a different password per site. | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:51 - May 25 with 2682 views | Swailsey |
Email and password traded online? on 09:46 - May 25 by DanTheMan | As for changing your password, I'd suggest getting yourself a password manager and using a different password per site. |
I was thinking that. I was just going to use a random password generator and keep a record of it. I was tempted by Last Pass, but surely if that becomes compromised, then it's a nightmare? | |
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Email and password traded online? on 09:53 - May 25 with 2673 views | DanTheMan |
Email and password traded online? on 09:51 - May 25 by Swailsey | I was thinking that. I was just going to use a random password generator and keep a record of it. I was tempted by Last Pass, but surely if that becomes compromised, then it's a nightmare? |
That's the trade off with password managers, but assuming they store the passwords in the correct fashion (which they do) then even if the passwords were leaked, it would take years for them to break through more than a few of them. Pros outweight the cons in my opinion. There are local alternatives like KeyPass, but they I'm not sure how well they sync up with your phone for example. | |
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Email and password traded online? on 10:01 - May 25 with 2647 views | Swailsey |
Email and password traded online? on 09:53 - May 25 by DanTheMan | That's the trade off with password managers, but assuming they store the passwords in the correct fashion (which they do) then even if the passwords were leaked, it would take years for them to break through more than a few of them. Pros outweight the cons in my opinion. There are local alternatives like KeyPass, but they I'm not sure how well they sync up with your phone for example. |
Thanks for the tips. Which one do you use if you don't mind me asking? | |
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Email and password traded online? on 10:02 - May 25 with 2640 views | DanTheMan |
Email and password traded online? on 10:01 - May 25 by Swailsey | Thanks for the tips. Which one do you use if you don't mind me asking? |
LastPass. Have a personal account and our company uses it too. | |
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Email and password traded online? on 10:08 - May 25 with 2629 views | Swailsey |
Email and password traded online? on 10:02 - May 25 by DanTheMan | LastPass. Have a personal account and our company uses it too. |
Ah great stuff, thank you. I'll look into that now. | |
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