Have I been pwned?
“Pwned” is the slang for when an account of yours, on some web site, got compromised in a data breach. So, hackers probably have personal information of yours.
There are hackers trying to steal information from web sites, all the time. Some site that you’ve registered with, probably has been hacked at some time.
You can check sites to find out what major sites are known to have had data stolen. Having checked one of those sites, and then saying “I have been pwned twice” is not likely accurate. More likely it has happened dozens of times, you just don’t know about it. On the other hand, hopefully some of the sites didn’t get anything really useful about you. (more…)