Is there any way to find out what website the data leak was from when getting this on my iphone settings?
I want to find the culprit for me now having to change my password used on 59 other sites
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iPhone 11
I have a similar scenario, receiving a notification on my iPhone that approx 80 of my username/passwords are the subject of a data breach. However many of my passwords on this notification are different. Ie, not the same password across all sites. I often use a similar password but with different letters or numbers at the end.
Some of these notifications even related to my wife's email addresses and passwords, and one was my sons school log-on with different passwords.
So how can it be that all these websites have suffered data breach at the same time??
I can understand the concept of, say, a retailers website getting hacked and suffering a data breach that contains a list of all its customers including my email and password. And I get that as a precaution Apple may notify me about a potential breach for any other websites where I may have the same email & password combination. But why would I be notified of many other passwords being at risk? Is it because they may contain 'part' of the same password? But that still doesn't explain the notifications relating to my wife and sons passwords which are nothing like mine.
Its almost as if Apples whole key chain password app in my iPhone has been compromised and its spat out all the ones that don't contain a 18 key encryption.
I'm slowly working through them all again and changing them.
Thanks
Open the Keychain app. It has a tendency to create multiple copies of user ID/password pairs for the same accounts. So it’s possible that it is the same password that appears multiple times.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Open the Keychain app.
Apple has a Keychain app for the iPhone? I didn't find it in the iTunes store.
It’s not a separate app. It’s in Settings/Passwords.
It is NEVER a false positive.
Lol. Ok. Go ahead. Ignore what Apple support says and believe the earth is flat if it makes you feel better.
Agreed. So many sophists would disagree though. The sky is falling according to them.
I believe that you’re wrong 🙂
”password has appeared in a data leak”
literally means what it is says. Password has appeared.
Data leaks always have both user IDs and passwords. So if the password has leaked, the associated ID is also known to the bad guys.
Well, you can go to https://haveibeenpwned.com and it will tell you the specific site that was compromised that your password came from. That information should go into your decision process.
I’ll change passwords flagged as breached, and recommend others here do the same.
I don’t argue with that 🙂 My point is only, what that warning means.
”If a password you use has been used by someone else, considering that there are trillions and more of possible passwords, it’s a weak password”
You’re right. I’m just discussing the mechanism.
You just contradicted yourself by saying you trust apple over only her websites about your passwords. If you don’t trust one you shouldn’t trust any of them period.
"This password has appeared in a data leak" notice on iPhone
