{"id":3567,"date":"2018-09-25T06:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:27:44","slug":"introducing-firefox-monitor-helping-people-take-control-after-a-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/2018\/09\/introducing-firefox-monitor-helping-people-take-control-after-a-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Firefox Monitor, Helping People Take Control After a Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Data breaches, when information like your username and password are stolen from a website you use, are an unfortunate part of life on the internet today. It can be hard to keep track of when your information has been stolen, so we\u2019re going to help by launching <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\">Firefox Monitor<\/a>, a free service that notifies people when they\u2019ve been part of a data breach. After <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2018\/06\/25\/testing-firefox-monitor-a-new-security-tool\/\">testing this summer<\/a>, the results and positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/40589753\/mozilla-firefox-aims-to-alert-users-if-theyve-been-hacked\">attention<\/a> gave us the confidence we needed to know this was a feature we wanted to give to all of our users.<\/p>\n<p>To give you a complete picture of what <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\">Firefox Monitor<\/a> has to offer, here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/internetcitizen\/2018\/10\/02\/cindy-hsiang-firefox-monitor\/\">Cindy Hsiang<\/a>, Product Manager for Firefox Monitor, to tell you more:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rL53twJ-JJI?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"505\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\">&lt;span<br \/>\nstyle=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden;<br \/>\nline-height: 0;&#8221; data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221;<br \/>\nclass=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s how Firefox Monitor helps you learn if you\u2019ve been part of a data breach<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><b>Step 1 \u2013 Visit <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\"><b>monitor.firefox.com<\/b><\/a><b> to see if your email has been part of a data breach<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\">monitor.firefox.com<\/a> and type in your email address. Through our partnership with Troy Hunt\u2019s \u201cHave I Been Pwned,\u201d your email address will be scanned against a database that serves as a library of data breaches. We\u2019ll let you know if your email address and\/or personal info was involved in a publicly known past data breach. Once you know where your email address was compromised you should change your password and any other place where you\u2019ve used that password.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733\" src=\"https:\/\/ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2784px) 100vw, 2784px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Monitor-1000x542.jpg 1000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2784\" height=\"1510\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visit monitor.firefox.com and type in your email address<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><b>Step 2 \u2013 Learn about future data breaches<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for Firefox Monitor using your email address and we will notify you about data breaches when we learn about them. Your email address will be scanned against those data breaches, and we\u2019ll let you know through a private email if you were involved.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering about how we\u2019re handling your email address, rest assured we will protect your email address when it\u2019s scanned. We talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2018\/06\/25\/scanning-breached-accounts-k-anonymity\/\">the technical details on how that works<\/a> when we first launched the experiment. This is all in keeping with our principles at Mozilla, where we\u2019re always looking for features that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/about\/manifesto\/\">protect people\u2019s privacy and give them greater control when they\u2019re online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\">Firefox Monitor<\/a> is just one of many things we\u2019re rolling out this Fall to help people stay safe while online. Recently, we announced our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2018\/08\/30\/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking\/\">roadmap to anti-tracking<\/a> and in the next couple of months, we\u2019ll release more features to arm and protect people\u2019s rights online. For more on how to use Firefox Monitor, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/firefox-monitor-take-control-of-your-data\">Firefox Frontier blog<\/a>. If you want to know more about the Firefox Monitor journey and how your feedback set this service in motion visit <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@mgrimes\/the-road-to-firefox-monitor-7c342c54bf27\">Matt Grimes\u2019 Medium blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\">Firefox Monitor<\/a> to see if you\u2019ve been part of a data breach, and sign up to know if you\u2019ve been affected the next time a data breach happens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data breaches, when information like your username and password are stolen from a website you use, are an unfortunate part of life on the internet today. 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