

If your email address was found on the Dark Web, there’s not much you can do to remove it. Scammers buy and sell lists of email addresses on the Dark Web that are then used for phishing attacks, spam emails, or worse.


Yet while many scammers focus on financial information, such as bank account numbers or credit card details, email addresses are still a common target. The result? Millions of Americans have had their personal data - including email addresses and passwords - stolen and put up for sale on the Dark Web. In 2021 alone, sensitive data from over 22 billion accounts was leaked after data breaches occurred at companies including Shein, American Airlines, Uber, and Toyota. Is Your Email on the Dark Web? Don’t Panic!īy now, it’s almost guaranteed that your personal information is for sale on the Dark Web.
