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Is this genuine?

Fortyfoot
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Thanks, 
Fortyfoot 

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  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,153 Forumite
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    more than likely
    But go directly to" my account. google/security" in case you don't trust the link
  • chrisw
    chrisw Posts: 3,816 Forumite
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    Yes, I've had the same notice. In my case it was some old site logins from years ago which had been auto stored by Google. A couple of them were sites which no longer exist and were not important anyway and the other couple I have long since changed the passwords but Google obviously hadn't captured the updated passwords.
  • Fortyfoot
    Fortyfoot Posts: 1,961 Forumite
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    How did you find that information chrisw?
    Thanks 

  • gavinaw
    gavinaw Posts: 25 Forumite
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    I think that is legit. Google has a support page for that kind of issue.
  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,741 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2021 at 12:03PM
    You could look on here to possibly find out more

    https://haveibeenpwned.com

    You enter you email address(es) and it tells you if they have shown up in known online breaches.
  • chrisw
    chrisw Posts: 3,816 Forumite
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    Fortyfoot said:
    How did you find that information chrisw?
    Thanks 

    I went into Google security (not via the link just in case) and it flagged up passwords with issues, mostly where I'd used the same password on two different sites or the password was weak.
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