LeakedSource says it offers this mechanism to, 'satiate curiosity which is a natural human tendency. In one sense, that makes LeakedSource's offerings more useful to companies and users alike, since it lets both search for specific data. The group doesn't just maintain the databases, it also decrypts passwords and other data that comes out of hacks when possible. Its business model is not without controversy, though. It's necessary to take back whatever control you can. You give so much information to the services you interact with, sometimes without even really consciously registering what you're putting out there. But it also allows people to see whether data points like their phone numbers are bouncing around in the wild connected to their name. At the very least, it helps you keep track of which passwords you have to change. Logging the data in breaches also allows users (individuals or large entities) to keep track of which of their accounts have been compromised and which pieces of their data are permanently out in the open. Its mission is as much to tell users that their information is at risk as it is to pressure companies to disclose when they've been compromised-something that often happens far too slowly, if at all. It plans to publish 105 million more in early 2017, a combined total from 20-30 hacked sites. That will bring LeakedSource's total for the year to a whopping three billion. The project started in late 2015, and with just days to go in 2016, the group that runs LeakedSource is planning to release roughly 100 million more records from a 'Chinese mega site' that hasn't yet announced the hack, according to a LeakedSource representative. LeakedSource also provides a paid tool for businesses, so that they can notify users who have been affected by a breach. Its basic services-the ability to sign up for email notifications and search the database-are free, but users can pay to access more advanced search functionality. LeakedSource is a service that sends email notifications about new breaches and offers a database of information stolen in hacks. That's where 'the Google of data breaches' comes in. ( Ahem, Yahoo.) And if you can't remember what's been hacked, you're probably struggling to keep track of which leaks have included your personal data. Remember the FourSquare hack? What about Adobe? Even breaches that were high-profile at the time are fading into obscurity as bigger and scarier ones crop up. By now it's hard to keep track of which companies have been hacked and which haven't.

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