It seems like every week another data breach is being disclosed. One of the latest announced breaches was web invitation service Evite. Unauthorized access of Evite data goes back to 2013 and includes personal information related to over 101 million email addresses–many of which belonged to recipients of invitations and never even used the service. Regardless of whether you used the service, it is a good reminder that you should check your accounts and passwords to determine if your data was exposed in a breach–especially since in a breach like this one, data was exposed for people who didn’t even knowingly sign up for the service.
I recommend going to haveibeenpwned.com and checking to see if your email addressed has been affected by the Evite breach or any other of the numerous breaches that have happened this year. If your email address was exposed, you should also check to see if your password has ever turned up in the haveibeenpwned database. If your email addresses and passwords show up, then it is time to change your password if you want to keep your data secure. You can even sign up to get a notification if your email address ever turns up in a breach.