The big news today is the launch of a base data που περιέχει περισσότερους από 5 millions accounts gmail. The database appears to include user names, passwords, and e-mail addresses. It has not yet been confirmed that it is true, but whoever keeps his clothes is half.
Because at the moment all this information is circulated freely on the Internet, with service links Mega it would be good not to stay with your arms crossed. A 100MB file containing e-mail addresses in the hands of malicious users is not something that should go unnoticed. You can also download the file to check if your e-mail is included in the ones that have leaked.
By downloading a file with leaked emails, and searching your own e-mail inside it is probably the best choice you have to find out if you are on the list. However, if you do not want to open a 100 MB txt file (time is needed), you can use third-party services already available on the Internet. For example from here.
Just enter your email address and the service will let you know if it is e-mail that you have entered has leaked or not.
Change your password immediately
If your email is in the list, change your password immediately gmail your. Even if it's not in the list, it's good to change it. The extra security never harmed anyone.
Make sure your account has not been compromised
You might want to know if your account has been hacked. The best way to do it is to visit the official by clicking here of gmail. Log in to your account, and do click in “details” located at the bottom of the page.
The page records all the IPs that visited your account. For each activity, you will see the access type, e.g. web browser or mobile, location and IP address as mentioned above.
Also click "log out of all other sessions" to prevent a potential attacker from accessing your data.
Protect your account with control identity two factors.
You can improve the overall security of your account by enabling two-factor authentication.
