Another major data breach has been reported: Email and password details from several major email providers (Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft) being leaked online. This one is truly massive, as up to 773 million email addresses may have been breached.
If you use any of these services, you should change any passwords for those accounts and also for any accounts with the same password.
You can check whether your accounts are compromised at https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
Best login credential practices:
1) Never use the same password for another site.
2) Activate two-factor authentication.
3) Use a strong password.
To read more about the breach:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/366043/collection-1-breach-exposes-a-record-773-million-email-ad
https://www.wired.com/story/collection-one-breach-email-accounts-passwords/
If you use any of these services, you should change any passwords for those accounts and also for any accounts with the same password.
You can check whether your accounts are compromised at https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
Best login credential practices:
1) Never use the same password for another site.
2) Activate two-factor authentication.
3) Use a strong password.
To read more about the breach:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/366043/collection-1-breach-exposes-a-record-773-million-email-ad
https://www.wired.com/story/collection-one-breach-email-accounts-passwords/