Identity Theft
How to Check If Your Personal Data Has Been Leaked (And What to Do Next)
I check HaveIBeenPwned every month, and I have found my own email address in seven separate breach databases over the years. My phone number showed up in the Facebook leak. An old password from 2018 was circulating on a dark web paste site. If you have been online for more than a few years, some of your data is out there too – the only question is how much and what you do about it.
Best Identity Theft Protection 2026: Tested & Compared
Best identity theft protection – let me cut to it. After finding my own credentials in two separate breach databases last year, I stopped treating identity theft as something that happens to other people. Over 47 million Americans were victims in 2025, and with AI making it trivially easy to clone voices, forge documents, and open credit lines, the numbers keep climbing. I’ve spent the past 14 months running five different identity theft protection services side by side.