Identity theft - "Has your personal data been exposed?" - a question

[Mallman]

Cross posting this here because the identity theft area on this forum barely has any posts.

On checking your page here:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/digital-footprint

apparently my actual physical postage address has been exposed in a data breach. However, the report sent to my email address doesn't state which site had the data breach and exposed that information.

How do I found out which site was affected? Naturally I have my physical address registered to a number of sites.

Thank you.

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[David H. Lipman]

Please do not multi-post.  I have removed the other post.

Please reference this thread:  Digital Footprint Report

Note that while information is supplied, it is not complete.  It is, after all, a marketing tool to get a paid subscription.

You have to either subscribe to get more complete information or suss out the information from additional sources.

The following can be used to check your email addresses to see if any are associated with any breaches - https://haveibeenpwned.com/

 

[Mallman]

Thanks very much, apologies for the multi-post.

[David H. Lipman]

[Mallman]

23 hours ago, David H. Lipman said:

Please do not multi-post.  I have removed the other post.

Please reference this thread:  Digital Footprint Report

Note that while information is supplied, it is not complete.  It is, after all, a marketing tool to get a paid subscription.

You have to either subscribe to get more complete information or suss out the information from additional sources.

The following can be used to check your email addresses to see if any are associated with any breaches - https://haveibeenpwned.com/

 

If I was to sign up for your Identity Theft Protection, will I then be able to access details which show exactly which site was compromised in such a way as to reveal my physical postage address?

At the moment your free digital footprint check reveals that my postage address has been leaked but I'm trying to find out which online store (or whatever) was compromised, so causing the leak. Would signing up to your service reveal such information, along with matching other leaks to the exact sites that have been hacked?

[AdvancedSetup]

6 hours ago, Mallman said:

If I was to sign up for your Identity Theft Protection, will I then be able to access details which show exactly which site was compromised in such a way as to reveal my physical postage address?

I would personally doubt that. Often these are drag net methods of gathering data. The service is designed to help monitor and remove personal data out there for you. Contacting and removing your data that is out on the Internet is not straight forward or easy.

 

https://www.malwarebytes.com/identity-theft-protection