Various high profile data breaches continues to grow its getting tough to keep track of how widely your personal data is spreading on dark web.
Google is giving people a new line of defense. The company has revealed it will offer free dark web monitoring all customer account holders initiating at end of this month.
This will assist customers learn if details like phone number or address or email were found among data breach that hackers sell or release through dark web.
To access the monitoring once it goes live you will simply move to Google Results about you page which currently lets users sign up for alerts if personal data appear in search results giving them the chance to remove that data in some cases.
The dark web monitoring will added to page features alerting users through email or notifications on smartphone.
Google previously offered this service only for those with a Google One membership but in an update Tuesday revealed the decision to offer it free to all users.
The dark web is place where hidden part of internet is not indexed by search engines and can only be reached via special browsers.
Hackers use it marketplace to among other things sell personal data taken from attacks on websites financial service companies and medial facilities.
Cybercriminals pay from few dollars to million of dollars for everything from personal data to forged documents.
Your personal data is on dark web is useful you will need to take action once you find out how to help protect yourself.
An alert that your data is on dark web is a digital canary in coal mine which serves as threat to change your passwords and freeze your credit to ward off possible identity theft.