Couple months ago, I jumped into research on how to know if your data is safe or has been leaked on dark wed without you noticing.
As someone who works or does some online jobs and has registered in so many site, and have has participated in so many crypto projects, that involved registration with your email, there's a time, that a platform I have used before and stopped using for Couple of years, but later the need to use the platform arise, when I used a particular password which I used then, I got a pop up notification that this password go involved in a data bridge. So I began to research how to verify this on you, and found a website called “pentester”
This platform is a cyber security platform that helps you scan your data penatration on the web, and help you scan data's such as email, passwords, phone number leaked, date of birth you used are exposed on the dark wed, there's a free search result and also a paid plan to disclose more details, and low and behold I was able to find my email, phone number, even the password I was using then, I had to change every detail I was using then.
So I decided to bring this to the awaness of this our local board, for people that are not aware to become aware, always integrate Google Authentication on all your social accounts, or any place you have registered online, because some of the platform we registered used to sell or leak our data. And I even saw the list of platforms that I have used that compromise my data, stay safe and stay secure online by protecting your privacy.
Here are some Tips to stay safe on the cyber space.
1. always use an email that's not attached to any exchange platform which you use or trade cryptocurrencies.
2. Don't use a phone number that is linked to your online social media account or bank Account.
3. Ensure you integrate Google Authentication across all your App, and social media accounts.
4. Don't Use same password for a long period of time.