Do you know the meaning of Pwned? It's a derivation of the word owned due to the proximity of the O and P keys on the keyboard. It comes from video game culture, i.e., "I can't wait to pwn that ork."
It's leetspeak—a system of modified spellings used primarily on the Internet.
Pwned implies that someone is owned, controlled, or compromised, i.e., "I was pwned in a data breach."
If you wonder whether your email address or website has been breached in some way, you can find out with this free online app which allows Internet users to check whether their personal data has been compromised by data breaches.
Read the FAQ to assure yourself of the privacy and security of anything you enter on the site as well as what should NOT be entered.
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This is a utility you should definitely bookmark.
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