February 2022 • Macworld 33

I

brought up a Start Page in Safari

15 and a banner at the top read

“Compromised Password.” I first

thought that I must have been

redirected to a website that looks

Apple pushes password alerts to Safari’s Start Page, which may seem

alarming, but it’s legitimate. Glenn Fleishman reports

When Safari flashes a

‘Compromised Password’

warning, pay attention

like the Safari Start Page. The alert

looked just like the kind of phishing

technique that would lure someone

in to entering the password for a site

they weren’t visiting.