You got a breach notification — or you just want to know if your credentials are already on a hacker forum.
Continuous monitoring scans: known breach databases (over 12 billion records), Tor marketplaces, paste sites (Pastebin, Ghostbin), private hacker forums, Telegram leak channels, and credential combo lists. When your data matches a new dump, you get an alert with the source and what was exposed.
Free scans (Have I Been Pwned, free credit bureau tools) check known breaches only — they don't scan live marketplaces or alert you in real time. Paid monitoring runs continuously, covers SSN/cards/medical info, and includes restoration support if your identity is stolen.
1. Change the breached password EVERYWHERE you reused it. 2. Enable 2FA on email and banking. 3. Freeze your credit at all 3 bureaus (free, 5 min each). 4. If SSN is leaked: file IRS Form 14039 and place a 7-year fraud alert. 5. Monitor accounts daily for 60 days.
Yes if you've been in any breach (most people have). The cost-of-monitoring is far less than recovering from identity theft, which averages 200+ hours and $1,343 out of pocket per the FTC.
No — accessing dark web marketplaces directly is risky and illegal in some jurisdictions. Use a monitoring service that does it on your behalf.
Quality monitoring services alert within minutes of a new dump appearing. Slower providers can take 24-72 hours.
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