So many of us use Gmail these days. I’ve been using it for years. When I read that 5 million Gmail addresses and passwords were leaked and appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum Wednesday, September 10th, I was definitely concerned.
One thing to do is to change your password immediately, make it better, stronger and use two-step authentication.
If you want to see if there is a chance your account may be affected, type it in this Security Alert checker.
Keep yourself and your info safe.
By the way, it did say my info may have been compromised.
Sarah @ Play 2 Learn with Sarah says
Great resource…thanks for sharing! I was safe!
Singapore Mum Blog says
Thanks for sharing! phew!! mine’s not in the list.
Angela says
Wow, I hadn’t heard of this latest hacking incident. I’ll have to check my account.
Katie says
thankfully all my g-mail addresses (I have 3) were safe!
Anne says
My email was compromised a few years ago when Sony got hacked. It is so annoying, and was a pain to deal with. Hope yours isn’t too big a problem.
Ty says
I don’t have gmail but thanks for sharing though.
Rachel says
I changed mine just to be safe. It is unreal the number of hacks lately.
Liz Mays says
I checked all of mine and they appear to be ok, but I’m so glad you posted this!
Tammy Litke (@threedifferent) says
Says mine may have been – but Google is playing this one down, they said they’d notify people directly if there had been an actual breach, and so far I haven’t been notified 😉 Of course I still changed my password to be safe.
Debra Pearlstein says
Yes, better safe than sorry!