Subj : Bitdefender now has identity protection for Gmail and Outlook
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 11:15:04

Bitdefender now has identity protection for Gmail and Outlook

Date:
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:00:07 +0000

Description:
Bitdefender's Digital Identity Protection service now integrates with Gmail 
and Outlook, expanding its monitoring capabilities.

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Bitdefender has upgraded its Digital Identity Protection feature, as it now 
integrates with Gmail and Outlook. 

The antivirus vendor's identity theft protection service monitors the dark 
web to see if a user's personal information has been stolen and leaked by 
hackers. Now, Digital Identity Protection connects with Google's Gmail and 
Microsoft Outlook. 

Bitdefender claims that the new integrations "vastly expand the monitoring 
reach of the service, adding hundreds more websites and services which 
increase the visibility of a users digital identity footprint including old 
accounts that may have been forgotten." Identity theft protection 

Bitdefender claims that identity theft poses a real threat to users, citing 
data from the FTC that consumers lost $10bn last year to fraud - a 14% 
increase over 2022. The Identity Theft Resource Center also reported that 
there were over 3,000 publicly reported data compromises last year as well, 
impacting over 350m people. 

"Each time passwords, and personal or financial information are entered in an 
app or website for shopping, banking, healthcare and social media  netizens 
inadvertently heighten their exposure to identity-related crimes like data 
breaches and extortion, said Ciprian Istrate, seniorvice president, 
Bitdefender Consumer Solutions Group. 

He added that with the firm's Digital Identity Protection service, users are 
alerted when their sensitive information may have been breached, allowing 
them to "quickly act by changing passwords, deleting accounts, or freezing 
credit cards before a serious incident occurs." 

It monitors the use of personal information, such as emails addresses, 
passwords, credit cards, SSNs, and phone numbers. The service also lets users 
see a copy of the personal data another company or service holds on them, and 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/bitdefender-now-has-identity-protection
-for-gmail-and-outlook


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