Have I Been Pwned has long been one of the most useful ways to learn if your personal information was exposed in a hack. But a new site offers its own

DataBreach.com Emerges as Alternative to HaveIBeenPwned

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2024-11-07 04:30:03

Have I Been Pwned has long been one of the most useful ways to learn if your personal information was exposed in a hack. But a new site offers its own powerful tool to help you check if your data has been leaked to cybercriminals.

DataBreach.com is the work of a New Jersey company called Atlas Privacy, which helps consumers remove their personal information from data brokers and people search websites. On Wednesday, the company told us it had launched DataBreach.com as an alternative to Have I Been Pwned, which is mainly searchable via the user’s email address.

DataBreach.com is designed to do that and more. In addition to your email address, the site features an advanced search function to see whether your full name, physical address, phone number, Social Security number, IP address, or username are in Atlas Privacy’s extensive library of recorded breaches. More categories will also be added over time.

“Data breaches are more and more about PII (personal identifying information) than passwords than what it used to be,” said Arnaud de Saint Méloir, a software engineer and researcher at Atlas. “Having a tool where I can search my phone number, home address, and SSN, I think is the next step to protecting our own privacy.”