Don’t panic. First and foremost, it’s important to remain calm. Panicking won’t help you resolve the issue, so take a few deep breaths and allow yourself to process the situation.

Change your passwords and secure your accounts as soon as possible. If you’re alerted that a password has been compromised, it’s critical to change it immediately, along with any other accounts that use it or similar ones. Use strong, unique passwords for each account and set up two-factor authentication whenever possible to further strengthen your security.

Notify the necessary parties. You should contact all relevant organizations and services if they have been affected by the data breach or hack, such as banks, credit card companies, social media accounts, etc. Let them know what happened so they can take appropriate measures, like blocking access to accounts or issuing new cards.

Monitor your credit report closely over the next few months. A hacker using your stolen credentials may try to open new lines of credit in your name or otherwise fraudulently access financial information associated with you.

Review recent online transactions for accuracy and ensure no suspicious activity has occurred on your accounts. It’s also worth checking whether any purchases were made from an unknown IP address or untraceable sources. If anything seems out of the ordinary, contact the service provider immediately to protect yourself from further financial loss or damage.

Check whether this password appears in a data leak database search engine, such as Have I Been Pwned? This will enable you to quickly identify which websites have been hacked into before, where vulnerable user data was exposed, and which passwords are most at risk for being used by hackers again in future breaches. Knowing this information can help you better protect yourself from future hacks by changing affected passwords more frequently than others not identified as potentially vulnerable.

Review any connected devices tied to your account or profile for potential vulnerabilities, such as outdated security patches, weak encryption, or outdated authentication methods (like SMS codes). Ensure all of these are updated with strong security protocols that hackers can’t easily bypass before connecting them back into your network once again after a data breach occurs. Otherwise, they could become new entry points for malicious actors looking to access sensitive information stored on them or across other networks.

Monitor all incoming emails closely over the next couple of weeks. Ensure you’re paying attention to emails sent from unfamiliar addresses that contain links leading back to suspicious websites. These could be phishing attempts attempting to exploit vulnerable systems through malicious downloads or malicious code hidden within web pages pretending to steal user data and infect computers with malware. Be especially wary if these emails appear legitimate but contain requests for personal information, such as bank account numbers. Never give out sensitive details until verifying their authenticity through proper channels like customer service departments.