I use a service of H&R Block called Tax Identity Shield. From time to time then send me email notifications of alerts if accounts I have registered with that service are found in data breaches. Sometimes the breach occurred several years ago but was just discovered and sometimes the breach occurred recently. Most of the time the alert indicates that my email address was found and most of the time it says the password was found. I don’t think this means the password for my email account was in the breach but rather some account for which I used my email address as the user name was found. See attachment 1. Next to “PASSWORD FOUND” there is a little circle with a lower case i in it. If you click that you see the message shown in attachment 2. I understand the logic of not showing my password but on the other hand if I were able to see the password, I could search for it in my password file and if I find it I know for sure I want to change that password. I have about 400 entries in my password file and most of them use my email address as the user name. It is not practical to change the password for all those accounts every time I get one of these alerts. My password file prompts me to change passwords once a year and even that is a daunting task. Does anyone know if there is a service that would allow one to see the password that was found in a data breach by entering your email address and then receiving an email from the service and click a link in that email?
Thanks,
Don
