Security News > 2018 > September > Firefox Monitor tells you whether your email was compromised in a data breach
2018-09-26 09:50
After a few months of user testing, Mozilla has launched Firefox Monitor, a free online service that allows users to check whether their email address was involved in a publicly known data breach and to sign up to get notified if the account appears in new data breaches. Firefox Monitor works by checking the submitted email address(es) against the database provided by Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned service. Protecting users’ privacy For those worried … More → The post Firefox Monitor tells you whether your email was compromised in a data breach appeared first on Help Net Security.
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