HEROIC is a personal data breach monitoring and identity protection platform. It allows users to check whether their personal information has been exposed in known data breaches by scanning a breach database using an email address as input. Key capabilities include: - Data breach scanning: Users submit their email to check exposure across a breach database - Dark web monitoring: Continuous 24/7 scanning of dark web archives for compromised credentials and personal data - Breach alerts: Instant notifications when new exposure is detected - Breach reporting: Provides details on breach dates, severity, number of records exposed, and categories of data involved (passwords, financial info, personal data, social data) - Risk scoring: Generates an identity theft risk score based on discovered exposures - Security recommendations: Offers prioritized remediation guidance such as password changes, enabling 2FA, credit monitoring, and identity protection measures The platform operates on an invite-based sign-up model. Free account creation provides access to full breach impact analysis, identity theft risk scoring, exposed credentials details, and personalized security recommendations. HEROIC states that all searches are private and secure, and that it does not store or share search data or sell email addresses.