On September 10, 2014 Google announced that roughly 5 million gmail accounts have been brute forcefully hacked and emails and associated passwords of these accounts were compromised. This incident was covered by major news and technology websites like RT, Time, Fox and several others.This tool we created allows you to easily check if your Google account is among the compromised ones, so you can take the necessary steps to correct the problem.The way the tool works is very simple. A list of the emails were posted on a Russian Bitcoin forum on September 9th. When you enter your email below, we simply search this list for the email and we let you know if we find it or not. We don’t save your email anywhere after the search completes. We don’t save or collect emails being tested. Promise! If your account IS NOT breached That’s great! However, you still want to read the tips below to make sure it doesn’t happen in the future. If your account IS breached Change your Google password IMMEDIATELY! If you re-use your Google account password for other accounts, change them. Turn on 2-step verification for your Google account. Here is how to do it! Google has a great Security Checklist. Read and apply it.
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