OptMsg Bloghttps://optmsg.com/blog/Data breaches, email privacy and inbox security from OptMsg.en-US Fri, 06 Nov 2026 02:19:43 +0000 The DigiCert Data Breach Let A Stranger Read Customers’ Passport Scanshttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/digicert-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/digicert-data-breach/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 02:19:25 +0000The DigiCert data breach exposed names, work emails and ID documents like passports. Here is what leaked, and how to shut the follow-up phish out.Breach Breakdown The Harvard Data Breach Leaked A Profile, Not A Passwordhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/harvard-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/harvard-data-breach/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:15:04 +0000The Harvard data breach exposed 851,000 email addresses with donation and biographical profiles. What leaked, and the gift appeal to expect.Breach Breakdown The Florida Student Aid Data Breach Put 4.9 Million People At Riskhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/florida-student-aid-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/florida-student-aid-data-breach/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 02:14:54 +0000The Florida student aid data breach exposed names, Social Security numbers and email addresses. Here is what to do, and the scam mail to expect.Breach Breakdown How To See Your Gmail Subscriptions List And Clean It Up In Ten Minuteshttps://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/gmail-subscriptions-list/https://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/gmail-subscriptions-list/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:47:44 +0000Your Gmail subscriptions list shows every sender you let in. Where to find it, what it does, and the manual sweep if your account has no screen.Privacy Guides The Sony Data Breach Exposed 2.6 Million Names, Emails And Birthdayshttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/sony-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/sony-data-breach/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:18:10 +0000The Sony data breach exposed 2,585,481 So-net customer records, including emails and dates of birth. Here is what was taken and what to do now.Breach Breakdown The Chainalysis Data Breach Handed Scammers A Short, Perfect Phishing Listhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/chainalysis-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/chainalysis-data-breach/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:21:13 +0000The Chainalysis data breach exposed names, work emails and job roles. Here is what was taken, who is at risk, and the one scam to expect next.Breach Breakdown The Applebee’s Data Breach: A Database Password Sat Inside The Apphttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/applebees-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/applebees-data-breach/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:18:31 +0000The Applebee's data breach exposed rewards members' names, emails, birth dates and veteran status. Here is what leaked and what to do about it now.Breach Breakdown The Homeland Security Data Breach: 41,000 Work Emails Are Now Publichttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/homeland-security-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/homeland-security-data-breach/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 02:20:05 +0000The Homeland Security data breach published names, work emails and app access for 41,000 staff. What leaked, what did not, and what to do now.Breach Breakdown The Denver Health Data Breach: A Vendor Key Sat Public For 417 Dayshttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/denver-health-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/denver-health-data-breach/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:19:21 +0000The Denver Health data breach exposed 238,083 members through a vendor key left public for 417 days. What leaked, what did not, and what to do now.Breach Breakdown The DreamHost Security Incident: Reset Your Email, Then Watch For The Fake Email.https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/dreamhost-security-incident/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/dreamhost-security-incident/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:16:30 +0000DreamHost security incident forced email and FTP password resets. What the company said, what it has not, and how to reset without getting phished.Breach Breakdown Who Is CyberScout, and Should You Take the Free Monitoring the Letter Offers?https://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/who-is-cyberscout-breach-letter-monitoring/https://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/who-is-cyberscout-breach-letter-monitoring/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:46:36 +0000Who is CyberScout, and should you take the free monitoring your breach letter offers? What enrolling does, what it misses, and the step that beats it.Privacy Guides The Keystone Data Breach Handed Strangers Your Address And What You Boughthttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/keystone-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/keystone-data-breach/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:19:35 +0000The Keystone data breach exposed customer names, shipping addresses and order details. What Keystone confirmed, the 180-day question, what to do.Breach Breakdown Quest Diagnostics Data Breach Exposed Patient Records: What To Do Nowhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/quest-diagnostics-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/quest-diagnostics-data-breach/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:20:21 +0000The Quest Diagnostics breach hit its Quanum lab system and exposed patient records and health information. What is known and what to do now.Breach Breakdown Capcom Data Breach Exposes 11.7 Million Email Addresses And Sign-In Recordshttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/capcom-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/capcom-data-breach/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:19:03 +0000The Capcom data breach exposed 11,774,247 CAPCOM ID records, including email addresses and sign-in details. Here is what leaked and what to do now.Breach Breakdown Assurance Retraite Data Breach: Your Pension File Is Now Someone Else’s Scripthttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/assurance-retraite-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/assurance-retraite-data-breach/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:19:53 +0000The Assurance Retraite data breach exposed 370,000 pension files and 70,000 email addresses. Here is what was taken and what to do now.Breach Breakdown The Nikkei Data Breach Is the Third One in a Monthhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/nikkei-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/nikkei-data-breach/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:21:05 +0000The Nikkei data breach exposed about 120,000 email addresses, and a company mailbox sent 9,000 phishing emails. Here is what to watch for now.Breach Breakdown Phishing Tops FBI Reports; OptMsg Says Stop Scams at the Inbox Doorhttps://optmsg.com/blog/press-releases/optmsg-stop-scams-at-the-inbox-door/https://optmsg.com/blog/press-releases/optmsg-stop-scams-at-the-inbox-door/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000OptMsg's opt-in email lets only approved senders reach the inbox, with no password to steal, and releases a free Lock Down Your Inbox checklist.Press Releases One Stolen Login Exposed Millions of California Students in the ETS Data Breachhttps://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/ets-california-student-data-breach/https://optmsg.com/blog/breach-breakdown/ets-california-student-data-breach/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:20:47 +0000The ETS data breach exposed California students' names, birth dates, addresses, schools and disability status. Here is what to do now.Breach Breakdown OptMsg Release Notes v1.1.5https://optmsg.com/blog/product-updates/optmsg-release-notes-v1-1-5/https://optmsg.com/blog/product-updates/optmsg-release-notes-v1-1-5/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:34:00 +0000OptMsg v1.1.5 blocks tracking pixels, strips tracking codes, adds a Trackers & Hidden Content score, and folds reply chains into tidy cards.Product Updates Is This Breach Notice Real? Check the Letter Before You Call the Numberhttps://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/is-this-breach-notice-real/https://optmsg.com/blog/privacy-guides/is-this-breach-notice-real/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:46:39 +0000A breach notice arrived in the mail. Here is how to check the letter, the number and the deadline in ten minutes, before you hand anyone your details.Privacy Guides