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 Unfortunately, piracy has become commonplace on the Internet. And one of the biggest blunders you can make if to think that it will only happen to others, that if you dont do anything, youll never have a problem. Unfortunately, its not so simple. So how can you know if your account has been hacked?
 No, it doesnt only happen to others. It just takes a spot of bad luck, and suddenly, youre one of the ones if wasnt supposed to happen to. Everyone (or nearly everyone) is likely to get hacked at some point. Even big names on the Internet can be hacked, like Apple and Yahoo. But how can you know if youve been hacked? Lets start with some basic elements:

Check if youve activated maximum security

If youre unlucky, the service you use may have been hacked, and a thief would then have access to the services  database. Service managers may contact you to explain the situation, and if youre on social media, youll find out pretty quickly anyway.
If the target is not a business/service, things depend a little more on yourself. Have you enabled all security settings? For example, some services use a 2-step verification system. The odds of being hacked with this feature are minimized, and even if this were to happen, you would be notified. For example, Google, Facebook and Dropbox will send you a message to let you know that someone has tried to access your account from a new device.

Check how safe your password is

Of course, not all websites offer a wide range of security options. You must therefore think long and hard on the main element for confidentiality: the password. If the service is hacked, the quality of your password will not really make a difference but if you are personally targeted, it makes sense to pick a safe password.
So how can you tell if your password is secure enough? Youve probably heard left, right and center that a secure password must have a mix of numbers, letters and sometimes special characters. The problem is that machines that try to figure out your password are also aware of this, so by creating a mix of these characters, youre not necessarily making the account impossible to hack, youre only making it more difficult because theyll have to test a greater number of combinations that include numbers and special characters. Bill Burr, the creator of the secured password standards, explained the problem. In short, he says to make sure you get creative with your password and make sure its not just a single word with characters at the start or end. If your password is "Password31", you should probably consider making it a bit more complicated.

Look at the symptoms

Check online if you have been hacked

If piracy is done on a large scale, you can check whether you were hacked or not. A security expert has created a list of all the victims after every known attack, and allows users to check if their account was hacked. The website is called Have I been pwned? You just have to type in your email address, and the website will tell you whether or not someone knows your password.
You can also type your password and the website tells you if it has been compromised. In both cases, the database is huge (over 300 million passwords) since it gathers hacked accounts from LinkedIn, VK, MySpace, Badoo, Dropbox and many more.
Have you ever had your account hacked? How did you know it had been hacked? Share your experiences in the comments below.