Popular password managers include 1Password and LastPass however I have opted free and Open Souce option KeePass which takes slightly more configuration to get fully up and running if you want to use it accross multiple devices compared to the hosted versions. It is recommended to use a password manager to keep all of your passwords safe and preferably you should let the password manager auto-generate a strong password for each website you use and never re-use passwords across sites.

Some household names have been comprised over the years including nearly half a million usernames and passwords from Yahoo and others you may recognise include Sony, Vodafone, Domino's, and Dropbox (with over 68 million email addresses and salted passwords in this particular breach) You can also register to receive an email notification if any breaches occur in the future that your email is found in. If you haven't heard of this site, 'Have I been Pwned' ( ) been sure to check it out here, you can enter your email address(es) and check if they have been involved in one of the many data breaches that Troy has added to the site. In light of the recent 'Collection #1' Data Breach containing a whopping 2,692,818,238 rows of data that was recently uploaded to the 'Have I been Pwned' site by Troy Hunt, I wanted to update my Password Manager of choice ' KeePass' to check all of my existing and new passwords against passwords found in this breach and all others that have been loaded onto the HIBP website.

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