14 DAY TRIAL // The Firefox Monitor service which uses Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned platform to help Firefox users find out if any of their email accounts have been part of a data breach now also alerts you if the site you're browsing has suffered a security breach.
Mozilla also expanded language support to cover a much larger audience with the help of 26 extra languages added to let Firefox users know if their email has been part of a security breach.
According to Mozilla, this change will potentially increase Firefox Monitor's userbase to another 2,5 Billion non-English speakers.
Firefox Monitor will also let its users know when a website they're visiting has suffered a data breach via notifications, a feature that will progressively roll out to all Firefox Quantum users over the coming weeks.
"If the user has never seen a breach alert before, Firefox shows an alert when they visit any breached site added to HIBP within the last 12 months," said Mozilla. "After the user has seen their first alert, Firefox only shows an alert when they visit a breached site added to HIBP within the last 2 months."
The website data breach alerts can also be disabled with a couple of mouse clicks
For users who do not like alerts and don't want to be bothered with them, Mozilla provides a simple mechanic of completely disabling them by clicking the notification's drop-down arrow the first time it is displayed and choosing "never show Firefox Monitor alerts."
The data breach alerts will display the details of the website's security breach, and it will allow users to quickly start a scan using the Firefox Monitor service to find out if their email account has also been compromised.
To see if your e-mail has been part of a data breach using Firefox Monitor you have to go to monitor.firefox.com and enter your email allowing Firefox Monitor to scour Have I Been Pwned's database for a match.
The Firefox Monitor service can also be used to let you know if any of your accounts has been involved in a breach, as it can be configured to automatically alert you if that happens after you signed up for the service using an e-mail address.