Free Breach Check Tool

Check if your email or password has been compromised in known data breaches

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Understanding Data Breaches

Data breaches expose millions of email addresses, passwords, and personal information every year. Regular breach monitoring is essential for cybersecurity.

Major Breach Examples

  • • Yahoo (3 billion accounts, 2013-2014)

  • • Facebook (533 million users, 2019)

  • • LinkedIn (700 million users, 2021)

  • • Adobe (153 million accounts, 2013)

  • • Equifax (147 million people, 2017)

Protection Best Practices

  • • Use unique passwords for each account

  • • Enable two-factor authentication (2FA)

  • • Use a password manager

  • • Monitor your accounts regularly

  • • Never reuse compromised passwords

Check If Your Data Has Been Exposed

Data breaches happen constantly—major companies like LinkedIn, Adobe, and Dropbox have all had user data stolen. This tool lets you check if your email address or username appears in known data breaches.

How It Works

Enter your email address or username, and the tool queries databases of known breached credentials. If your information appears in a breach, you'll see which incidents exposed your data and when they occurred.

What To Do If You're Breached

  • Change passwords immediately for any affected accounts
  • Enable two-factor authentication on all important accounts
  • Use unique passwords for each service (a password manager helps)
  • Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
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Frequently Asked Questions

How does the breach checker work?+

Our breach checker queries multiple independent breach databases to check if your email has appeared in known data breaches. For password checks, we use a privacy-preserving technique called k-anonymity — your actual password is never sent. Only the first 5 characters of its hash are used to query the database, and the matching happens entirely in your browser.

This tool is provided for informational and educational purposes only. All processing happens in your browser — no data is sent to or stored on our servers. While we strive for accuracy, we make no warranties about the completeness or reliability of results.