Extracting confidential details from the user’s account has become a game of a few seconds for the hacker. From the past, a few days we are continuously hearing the news of the leakage of confidential information from the user’s account. Here, there are many cases where the details user’s password, name and much other information have got leaked due to some security issues and it has become a very common problem now. That’s why it’s important for the users to keep on changing their passwords from time to time.
In the case of a security breach, the password stolen possibilities are very high. However, it’s not necessary that in every security breach your password has been leaked. Here, the biggest question is how anybody will know whether his/her password is safe or leaked.
For this, there are many services available online and launch a new tool named Password Checkup which can be downloaded as an extension from Google. With the help of this tool, you can easily check out whether your password has been hacked or safe. Let’s know how this tool works.
Know whether your password has been hacked or not:
- First of all, you should have the latest version of Google Chrome.
- After this, you have to connect your computer with internet
- Download the Google Password Checkup tool
- Open the Google Chrome for download
- After this open the Google Chrome Store
- Search this tool here
- After this click on the Add to Chrome button
How does Google Password Checkup work?
Password Checkup. Password Checkup helps you resecure accounts that were affected by data breaches. Wherever you sign-in, if you enter a username and password that is no longer safe due to appearing in a data breach known to Google, you’ll receive an alert. Please reset your password.
