Urgent!

[AuntPollyGrey]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1755455.html

[ummmm]

I can't believe this.

[NeedToKnowPlease]

any proof to all this?

[anneasquith]

That’s a pity .

[AB Editor]

Just to clarify, the link APG provided states:

// But how does Apple know that your passwords have appeared in a data leak? Well, this is a new feature built into iOS 14 called “Security Recommendations” that monitors your passwords and notifies you if they are too weak, if you are reusing them, or if they show up in known data leaks.

The alert may be shown even if you don’t have a password leak of your specific account. For instance, if a 123456 password (a terrible password choice, by the way) has leaked online and you are using the same password for any of your accounts, you will get a warning message because the service compares your current password with the one that has become publicly available in known database leaks. //

This doesn't mean that The AnswerBank has had a known data leak. It means that a particular password has appeared in a leak and APG has been using the same password for her AnswerBank account, therefore the password isn't unique or may be easy to guess.

It's basically iPhone's version of the HaveIBeenPwned website, and it won't be referring to a known data leak from The AnswerBank because there hasn't been one.

I hope this alleviates any concerns, but please do let me know if I can reassure anyone further. If in doubt, make sure you're using a secure, difficult to guess password and that you don't reuse the same password across different websites or accounts.

[NeedToKnowPlease]

Well at least APG got her moment of fame... Her sons a compoota scientist you know.