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What dark web exposure means
"Your email was found on the dark web" sounds alarming. Here is what it usually means, and what to do.
Example: an exposure listing (not real)
Domain checked: yourclinic.example
j.smith@yourclinic.example · ••••laura23Shopping site breach, 2024
frontdesk@yourclinic.example · ••••spring1Forum breach, 2023
What it means
Your practice was usually not hacked. Another website was, and a staff member had used their work email there. If they also reused their work password, that password may now be in an attacker's hands.
The two things to do
- Change the password on any work account that shares it, and stop reusing passwords.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication. A stolen password alone is then not enough. MFA in two minutes →
Questions? Talk to us, or start with a free exposure check.