Well, I checked one of my older gmail accounts and it was actually on the site. Funny thing was, it used a password I had changed about 4 times since original use. I also checked another secondary account through gmail I use for forums and it was not on the database. Also, just for giggles, I tried using a hotmail account and it bounced right back. I would think if it was collecting email addresses in general, it would accept any email address.
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It's not advised to use those websites to check wether your email is one of those that was leaked. Download the text file instead and just do a search to see if your email is in there.
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That's exactly what I'm thinking as well. This verification might be an extra loop to jump through, but having this bit of extra security feels good.
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I recommend that you will not check was your password leaked on that site, they're not trustworthy
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What are they gonna' do with my email and password if they don't have my phone? 2-step verification ftw
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This list was created probably not via some gmail leak but gathered from outside sources. One of my older email accounts is in it BUT with password that was never used on this mail or on any other of my mails. A generic [word][number] pass I use for some shitty forums etc - generally places that I'm no worried about any data leak. So it info was prolly gathered in multiple not-very well protected places where user register using email and just sorted for gmail adresses.
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this site to check has no "about" or whatever it has to have
so it proly that everbody "checking" just giving mail adress to some spam database
have fun getting mails about dates and online pharmacy
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to be on the safe side change your passwords, but if you usually do that somewhat regularly dont bother, i checked the suposed leaked password on my email, and it was bogus and i know FOR SURE that i never used that password, not even anywhere outside!
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So the stories going around this morning is that supposedly, gmail has been hacked and nearly 5 million passwords have been lifted and published online. If you go onto facebook, it's being churned out so much it's trending. It seems the talk of the web at the moment. Many are claiming gmail was outright hacked, user names and passwords stolen, and there has been a database of the list for users to check to see if their email is now compromised.
Now, that's what everyone is saying. The thing is, gmail was in fact, not hacked. The database going around is a compiled list of email address from gmail that have been compromised on other websites. So if you used your gmail account on some shady website that turns out to be a phishing scam, then they just assume that you also use the same password for your linked email account. The list also has passwords used for accounts from other websites that have been hacked in the past and again, they just assume it's the same password for your email. It turns out, it's also pretty outdated as well, with some people claiming the database giving them passwords they haven't used for any website in almost a decade.
As a PSA, and I am sure for many MANY users here, this is just common sense, but in the wake of this, it just feels right to say. DO NOT reuse passwords online! I personally have a handful of passwords for all my main sites, then have a small notebook with random passwords I use for non-impotent stuff that I could careless if it gets compromised. Also, it might be a good time, just to be on the safe side, to change your gmail account password if you haven't done so in a while.
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