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The ghost of data present

Year-end is when old data breaches come back to haunt you — in password-reuse attacks and sextortion mail.

Campaign art: old accounts haunting a laptop screen

The scam

Criminals buy up breached credential lists and try them everywhere in automated waves, timed for the weeks when people are distracted. The same data fuels "we have your password" extortion emails that quote a real, old password to look credible.

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  • Check what is already out there

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