With over 24 billion records in known data breaches, there's a significant chance your email address—or your employees' emails—have been compromised. Here's how to check and what to do about it.
Method 1: Manual Breach Checking
There are several free breach checking websites that allow you to manually check individual email addresses. While useful for personal use, this approach doesn't scale for organizations with multiple employees.
Search for reputable breach checking services online.
Type the email you want to check into the search box.
The service will show which breaches contain your email.
Change passwords for any affected accounts immediately.
Method 2: Enterprise Monitoring (Recommended for Business)
For organizations, manually checking each employee email isn't practical. Enterprise solutions like LeakLoop automate this process:
What to Do If You've Been Breached
Change the password for the breached service AND any other accounts using the same password.
Add multi-factor authentication to all critical accounts to prevent future unauthorized access.
Watch for unexpected logins, password reset emails, or unusual account activity.
Generate and store unique passwords for every account to prevent breach cascade effects.