{"id":57799,"date":"2017-09-05T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=57799"},"modified":"2017-09-05T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:31:22","slug":"700m-email-addresses-leaked-secure-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/700m-email-addresses-leaked-secure-data\/","title":{"rendered":"700M Email Addresses Leaked &#8211; How Secure Is Your Data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Millions of Email Accounts Leaked &#8212; Again<\/h4>\n<p>An estimated 700 million email addresses have been compromised. \u00a0The leaked email list was accumulated of previously breached emails. \u00a0However, it spread like wild fire when the hackers allowed other cyber criminals to copy the list for their own malicious gain. \u00a0This led to over 700 million email addresses and passwords being compromised. \u00a0This information being obtained by hackers may lead to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An increase in malicious phishing attacks<\/li>\n<li>Boost in ransomware attacks<\/li>\n<li>Potential for breaching other accounts, as users tend to use the same password for multiple accounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out if your account has been breached, you can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\">https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/<\/a>. \u00a0This website allows you to put in your email address and will confirm whether or not it has been compromised.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pwnd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1073\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pwnd.png 1073w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pwnd-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot above explains which sites led to the hack, as well as the information obtained by the 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