{"id":127268,"date":"2019-01-17T16:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=127268"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:30:35","slug":"773-million-emails-and-21-million-passwords-exposed-how-to-tell-if-youre-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/773-million-emails-and-21-million-passwords-exposed-how-to-tell-if-youre-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"773 million emails and 21 million passwords exposed: how to tell if you’re affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is why we can’t have nice things. The internet just got hit with the biggest private data leak we’ve ever seen.<\/strong> So congrats, all you 772,904,991 email addresses and 21,222,975 different passwords. You’re now out in the open.<\/p>\n

According to security expert Troy Hunt<\/a>, a data dump nicknamed “Collection #1” was uploaded to the popular file-sharing site MEGA. (It’s since been taken down, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist elsewhere.)<\/p>\n

So how do you know if you’re affected?<\/strong> You can click here to visit Have I Been Pwned<\/a> to see if your email has been compromised. And if you want to know if your password is out in general circulation, this site will let you know.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more tips on creating a rock solid password, check out this video:<\/p>\n\n

And be sure to stay with Softonic for any more news about further data breaches!<\/p>\n

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