How To Check For Leaks Of Personal Data Online, It Turns Out That Many Have Cheated

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YOGYAKARTA - The issue of data leakage has returned to haunt the people of Indonesia. In recent times, the Indonesian people have been shocked by the circulation of the issue of data leakage from PLN and Indihome customers. In this digital era, it is indeed prone to data leakage. So how do you check for data leaks?

Surely all this time in your mind there is a question, "has my personal data been leaked?". Moreover, we have often used personal data to access various digital platforms. Of course you don't want your personal data to be leaked and spread. Worried that the data is used to carry out negative actions that can harm you.

Therefore, you should keep your personal data as private as possible from now on. Then try to check for data leaks to find out whether your personal data is leaked or not.

Here's how to check for personal data leaks. The steps are very easy and not complicated.

Check Data Leaks Online

There are several ways you can do to check for leaks of personal data online. You can use any of the following sites, or you can use several sites at once to be more sure.

Check Data

One site to check for data leaks is checkdata.com. This site was created by Teguh Aprianto, founder of Ethical Hacker Indonesia. You can use this site to check whether your population data is leaked from BPJS or not.

Teguh said that in 2021 there were as many as 279 million Indonesian population data that were leaked. Including data on people who have died. But on the site he created, Teguh said the data he used was 1 million obtained from sample data provided by hackers. So there's still not much to come that is covered on the site.

If you have used the checkdata.com site, then there is a notification that your BPJS card data is not on the list, it means that there is a possibility that your data has been leaked.

Here's how to check it:

Go to checkdata.com site. Fill in your email address in the column provided. Select/click 'Check Now' to process the check result. Have I Been Pwned?

Another site you can use to check for data leaks is haveibeenpwned.com. This site serves to track violations using email. To use this site you need to register first.

This site has been around for a long time. This site collects a lot of data from the results of various hacking events. You can use this site to check your email, whether your email is in the hacking database. Here's how to use this site to check for data leaks:

Go to site haveibeenpwned.com Fill in your email and click 'pwned?' please wait until the process is complete, then a description will appear about your personal data Google Chrome

A search engine or browser that is widely used by internet users, Google Chrome can also be used to check for data leaks. Google brings security features built into its Chrome browser.

This sixth feature will work when you enter a password to a site. Google will work to check whether your password has been leaked and spread in the event of a hack or your password is still safe.

Firefox Monitor

This one browser can also be used to check for leaks of personal data. Firefox users can use it easily by accessing a site called Firefox Monitor. You just need to enter your email. Follow these steps:

Go to the site monitor.firefox.com Fill in your email, then select/click 'Check for Breaks'. After that, a statement will appear whether your personal data is leaked on the internet or not. Avast

Avast is a security site that can also be used to check for data leaks. Through this site you can check data easily. You can get a report of how many times the email password has been leaked.

In addition, Avast will also work to inform your email is leaking when connected to any site, such as e-commerce sites, Gmail, or other digital platforms. Checking for data leaks using Avast can be done with the following steps:

Go to the avast.com/hackcheck/ site. Fill in your email in the column provided. Select/click 'Check Now', and the results will appear.

Those were some ways to check for personal data leaks online. Please check your personal data as soon as possible. We do not know whether our personal data is still safe or not. Because all activities in the digital world are very vulnerable to hacking.

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