A trove of 16 billion stolen and leaked login credentials recently made headlines. It's probably a good time to use Google's dark web report.

Google's support page has confirmed the closure, of which some users were initially notified via email. Scans for new dark web data breaches will stop on Jan. 15, 2026, and by Feb.16, 2026, the report ...

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Google is discontinuing its Dark Web Report feature, a security tool that alerted users when their personal information linked to their accounts appeared ...

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“Hidden” from search engines and only accessible via specialized software, the dark Web isn’t always used for malicious purposes, but it can be. Organizations and individuals face a variety of risks ...

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Google has announced it is shutting down one of its lesser known security features - the Google dark web report. The tool allowed users to monitor the dark web for mentions of their Google account ...

Google has just sent out an email to active users of its “Dark Web Report” tool to inform them that, as of February 16, 2026, the tool will be shut down. The feature was made available to all Google ...

Google is retiring its free Dark Web monitoring tool for Gmail users, citing a lack of helpful next steps and meaningful alerts. The tool, which scann ...