How can I check if my data has been leaked? The government has created a special tool

The data leak was published on Monday on “Cebulka”, a Polish-language forum on the Tor network. A file called “.pl.txt” appeared on the forum, which has over 6.2 million lines. Each of them contains the address of the website from which the stolen data comes, as well as the login and password used on this website.

The following sites most often appear in the file:

• (119,334 records)
• Allegro (88,282 records)
• .gov.pl (44,385 records)
• Onet Poczta (28,747 records)
• WP Mail (12,056 records)
• x-com (10,761 records)
• mBank (10,140 records)
• Apricots (2672 records)
• ING Bank (1227 records.

How do I check if my data has been leaked?

After the information about the data leak, he reacted quickly and created a tool that allows you to quickly check whether our data is safe. How to do it?

1. We enter the portal;
2. We select the “check data” button;
3. We log in to the website using the Trusted Profile;
4. We enter e-mail addresses or logins into the tool, which we use to sign in to various websites. In particular, you need to pay attention to the above services;
5. The system informs us whether the data is safe or leaked.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Minister of Digitization announced another data leak. He did not provide any details, only said that the database of the checking tool will be updated soon with new data. So if in the first days of operation the tool showed that your data is safe, it is worth repeating the check in a few days.

The “have i been pwned?” tool works on the same principle.

What to do if our data has been leaked?

In this case, the government recommends:

1. Use an anti-virus program to check the security of your computer;
2. Using a secure computer, change the login passwords you have used so far;
3. Important! If you used the same password to log in to different websites, change it also on other websites;
4. Enable additional security on sites that allow 2-Step Verification (more on this topic);
5. Pay particular attention to account login attempts: check email alerts;
6. Check how to create secure passwords It is worth using password managers, external or built into the browser.