Police launches check on login details

the hague - The new police guard control function does not support the huge interest. The police have been offering people the opportunity to check online via internet whether their e-mail address or other credentials have fallen into criminal hands. There were already 166,000 people used to make use of it in the afternoon. Since then that part of the website is flat.

With a simple check of the e-mail address on the website police. Nl, people can find out if their data has been abused. Over the course of time, the police collected over 60,000 email addresses found in cybercrime investigations. When someone's data appears in that database, the police will inform the user after entry of the email address and give tips on how to act.

According to the police, the control function is another step towards making the citizen more vulnerable to cybercrime. The police in Germany were the first to introduce such a test a few weeks ago. Due to privacy laws, the police are not allowed to actively inform people about abuse of their mail address.

Digital data such as email addresses, usernames and passwords have been found in cybercrime investigations. They obtained that by breaking into computers and websites.

According to Ron de Milde, Program Director of New Media and Digital Services at the Police, these data are used, among other things, for luminous practices through dedicated computer networks- the so-called botnets. He advises the public to regularly change passwords.

The police can say at the earliest next week how many of the checked email addresses may be abused.

With a simple check of the e-mail address on the website police. Nl, people can find out if their data has been abused. Over the course of time, the police collected over 60,000 email addresses found in cybercrime investigations. When someone's data appears in that database, the police will inform the user after entry of the email address and give tips on how to act.

According to the police, the control function is another step towards making the citizen more vulnerable to cybercrime. The police in Germany were the first to introduce such a test a few weeks ago. Due to privacy laws, the police are not allowed to actively inform people about abuse of their mail address.

Digital data such as email addresses, usernames and passwords have been found in cybercrime investigations. They obtained that by breaking into computers and websites.

According to Ron de Milde, Program Director of New Media and Digital Services at the Police, these data are used, among other things, for luminous practices through dedicated computer networks- the so-called botnets. He advises the public to regularly change passwords.

The police can say at the earliest next week how many of the checked email addresses may be abused.

Al ruim 166.000 mensen checkten op onze site of hun #inloggegevens in handen zijn van criminelen. https://t.co/1THAfanLoi #digitalefraude pic.twitter.com/AGqbVQHUXp

— Politie Nederland (@Politie) 28 juli 2017