In its expansion move, Surfshark adds more depth to its cybersecurity lineup.
Surfshark, recognized as one of the best VPN service providers, is expanding its cybersecurity offering with a new tool: a freeware Internet data leakage detection tool. This new feature fits into Surfshark’s current cybersecurity toolbox, which includes features like Alternative Number, Alternative ID, and Clean Web 2.0.
What does Surfshark’s data leak check feature do?
Developed with Surfshark Alert – the data breach alert service of Surfshark VPN, the data breach checker scans various sources to determine if your email and your personal information has been exposed online. Further, the tool is constantly scanning the web to guarantee the vulnerability-free state of personal information from users on different sites.
Finally, after analysis is done, users are given further reports on the state of data they submitted to the system. This report is divided into two parts: such as hacking into company’s database and other malicious attacks like malware. Explaining to me, Kornelija Vanage, Alert Product Manager at Surfshark, said, “As our Global Data Breaches statistics show, around 18 billion user accounts have been exposed during the last 20 years.”
What to do when your data has gone viral?
In the event that your data is found out to have been leaked, it is very important not to overemphasize it. There are steps you can take to protect yourself:
Change your passwords: Passwords must be changed in case your accounts have been hacked already.
Enable two-factor authentication: This gives additional protection measure to all the accounts at a certain given measures.
Monitor your accounts: If, for example, your data layer has been touched, this will show up if and when you experience the impact of it.
It means that by knowing the specifics of a breach, people can modify their actions to shield their identities and stop additional abuse, as Kornelija Vanage says.
