@cheriere,
Greetings!😊
This is a legitimate system notification from Apple.
In 2020 or so Apple added a password monitor to check our login credentials against verified databases for "data leaks" (in which your personal information, including login credentials, has been publicly exposed).
This monitor was present to some degree just prior to 2020 operating system versions, but became more robust in all subsequent versions.
It's not limited to Apple mobile devices... it's available on Apple computers, too.
The info about this is found in Settings-->Passwords-->Security Recommendations, as @Etoile308 posted.
If you tap "Security Recommendations,"
then under
"Detect Compromised Passwords"
tap "About Passwords & Privacy"
you'll see a detailed description of this feature and its alerts.
The compromise is not a "hack" or intrusion or invasion into the device, it's simply a check of your login info against online lists of data leaks.
It also has nothing to do with whether you used this device on a certain website.
If this monitor detects that your login info has been compromised it triggers this notification.There are variations of the banner alert. Essentially, you'll see something like:“Compromised Password. The password for your "[NAME OF WEBSITE]" account has appeared in a data leak putting this account at high risk of compromise. [iPad/iPhone/Safari] can help you re-secure your account.”or
“Compromised Password. Some of your passwords have appeared in a data leak, putting those accounts at high risk of compromise. [iPad/iPhone/Safari] can help you re-secure your account.”
Rather than clicking on any suspicious notification, what I do:
take a screenshot,
go to my search engine,
enter a specific verbatim string of words from the notification,
and look for articles on reliable websites
or search Apple's online user guides or Apple's support community.
I don't post hyperlinks since most of them lead to something considered commercial or otherwise outside the Community standards and policies, and all too often we see helpful or interesting posts (and even entire threads) deleted and lost simply because of a live link,
but you'll find lots of articles online about this... just do some searches if you'd like a "deep dive" or if my long post is clear as mud!🙃😜😉😊
It can be jarring the first time it shows up, for sure, so I understand the concern.
We have a savvy security-aware community of posters here, with excellent "spidey sense" internal alerts to be on the look, vigilant, cautious, and safe.😊
Wishing a peaceful Easter to all who observe, and a lovely day and a peaceful week to all who read and post. You're the best!❤️
Few things reveal your intellect and your generosity of spirit—the parallel powers of your heart and mind—better than how you give feedback.~Maria Popova
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