BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Consumers want merchants to do a better job of informing them when a data compromise occurs, according to a new survey that’s being released at the same time one new service is helping cardholders find out on their own.
“Now there is a quick and free way for consumers to learn if their data is part of a breach,” said Bill Hardekopf, CEO at LowCards.com. “With HaveIBeenPwned.com, you simply enter your e-mail and the service searches through the data that has been revealed in most of the major data breaches to determine if you are at risk. You can even set up an alert to contact you if the site ever discovers your e-mail in a future data breach.”
Hardekopf explained that the term "Pwned" is a slang for somebody who has been owned or dominated by somebody else, and was the result of a misspelling by a programmer in the game World of Warcraft.