Firefox Alerted Me of Data Breachs.. What Do I Do?

yahanna · 26 Nov 2019

I received an email from 'firefox monitor' that my email was breached by 19 sites. Some of sites like linkedin and adobe seem legit. So I'm confused. What do I do?

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Golden · 26 Nov 2019

Double-check your email address here:
Have I been pwned

If your email has been compromised, change your password for each site, to a unique one.

margrave55 · 26 Nov 2019

This email message must surely not be the only spam you've ever received!

yahanna said:

I received an email from 'firefox monitor' that my email was breached by 19 sites. Some of sites like linkedin and adobe seem legit. So I'm confused. What do I do?

That message cannot possible be from "firefox monitor". Firefox does not have your email address.

This is pure spam. And it likely leads to a scam. Ignore it.

Depending on your email provider ... you can mark that email as spam, and that sender's email won't show up in your inbox anymore.

Corona · 26 Nov 2019

Notice that you never had a problem till you installed their new product claiming they'll protect you from this kind of crap.

Edwin · 26 Nov 2019

yahanna said:

I received an email from 'firefox monitor' that my email was breached by 19 sites. Some of sites like linkedin and adobe seem legit. So I'm confused. What do I do?

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Are you signed into Firefox with that email account?

If so, what are your settings like?

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Infrasonic · 26 Nov 2019

Firefox Monitor - Frequently asked questions | Firefox Help

How do I know these emails are really from Firefox and not from a hacker?

Check the email address in the sender's field. Firefox Monitor emails will always come from breach-alerts@mozilla.com.

yahanna · 26 Nov 2019

Golden said:

Double-check your email address here:
Have I been pwned
If your email has been compromised, change your password for each site, to a unique one.

Hi Golden,

With your link I found my email to be compromised on 21 diff sites. What do you suggest I do?

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Golden · 26 Nov 2019

yahanna said:

Hi Golden,

With your link I found my email to be compromised on 21 diff sites. What do you suggest I do?

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You need to change the password for each site. Don't use the same password for all sites. You might find a password manager useful to allow you to easily manage multiple complex passwords. Have a look at Bitwarden.

Infrasonic · 27 Nov 2019

All we know so far is that this email address has been compromised, a seperate password leak test needs to be done to see if there are issues there.
I ran one yesterday for all my passwords via the Chrome facility, all clean, despite my oldest hotmail (outlook.com) address being compromised via multiple database leaks and receiving a fair bit of spam daily...
How to Use Google Password Checkup

Golden · 27 Nov 2019

Infrasonic said:

All we know so far is that this email address has been compromised

And if that has been compromised, then so has the password