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Firefox Monitor arms you with tools to keep your personal information safe

“Your right to be safe from hackers starts here. Firefox Monitor arms you with tools to keep your personal information safe. Find out what hackers already know about you and learn how to stay a step ahead of them… Stay safe with Firefox Monitor protection. Sign up for Firefox Monitor. You’ll get a full report on your compromised accounts and notifications any time your accounts appear in new data breaches…”

Using one of my email accounts, the Firefox Monitor scan reported the following (recognize these services…and did you change your LinkedIn password?):

  • Exactis – [“Exactis is a leading compiler and aggregator of Premium Business & Consumer Data. With over 3.5 billion records (updated monthly), Our Universal Data Warehouse is one of the largest and most respected in the Digital & Direct Marketing Industry.”] Breach date: June 1, 2018 Compromised accounts: 131,577,763 Compromised data: Credit status information, Dates of birth, Education levels, Email addresses, Ethnicities, Family structure, Financial investments, Genders, Home ownership statuses, Income levels, IP addresses, Marital statuses, Names, Net worths, Occupations, Personal interests, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Religions, Spoken languages.
  • LinkedIn Breach date: May 5, 2012 Compromised accounts:164,611,595 Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords.

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