Recently, I received a message from Credit Karma. Credit Karma is a useful service for watching over your credit and finances, but this email was really something.
Hey Paul,
Guess what!
Oh boy, Credit Karma! What?!
We’ve expanded coverage for our free identity monitoring service.
Oh. I see.
Not only can we spot your info in another company’s public data breach, but we can also pinpoint specific passwords that were compromised.
I fear I know where you’re going with this.
Based on findings that go back as far as 2007, we’ve found your info in an additional 3 breaches and identified 1 password that should be changed.
This is decidedly less fun than your opening indicated.
Sign in to review your report!
Well, I was annoyed to learn about these latest data breaches, but that final exclamation point has really lightened the mood. Let’s do this!
Logging in…
Hey, look at that, everyone! I just earned my 10 Breach badge. Gosh, this is exciting. It’s really a lot of fun how they’ve gamified my possible identity theft.
But please, please; don’t be jealous. Given the seriousness with which most sites treat the security of our data, I’m sure you’ll be a part of double-digit breaches soon enough.
