Certain credit reporting agencies have announced "we will alert you if your information is found on the dark web" - of the ones I've seen, nobody is saying what you might do, other than worry that your information has been compromised.
I have to wonder, what real benefit there is, since of the hundreds of millions of user accounts and compromised passwords from many organizations, including one of the big credit reporting agencies themselves (see www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/09/equifax-data-breach-what-do), as well as OPM (office of personnel management of the Federal government) -- see www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/ . By the way you can check yourself whether your email and password have been found for sale on the internet (not just the dark web) at this site: haveibeenpwned.com/. If you find your email and password have been disclosed, at least change it. (Duh!) Whether your account(s) have identified as breached or not, you can and should try to set up your username and account password with strong(er) authentication such as 2-factor authentication (or multi-factor authentication). Google it if you don't already know what that means. If you still have questions contact me directly with the Contact form. Comments are closed.
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