Aura is a comprehensive digital security company that offers an all-in-one solution to protect individuals and families from identity theft, online threats, and financial fraud. Originally founded as iSubscribed in 2017 and later rebranded after acquiring multiple cybersecurity companies, Aura has evolved into a powerful platform combining identity protection, device security, financial monitoring, and online privacy tools. Its founder and CEO, Hari Ravichandran, launched the company after experiencing identity theft firsthand, which fueled his mission to make cybersecurity more accessible and effective for everyday users.

Aura’s platform includes features like real-time credit and account monitoring, breach and dark web scanning, automatic credit locking, password management, secure browsing through VPN, and parental controls. Users also benefit from identity-theft insurance (up to $5 million for families), 24/7 U.S.-based support, and privacy features such as spam-call blocking and data broker removal. The company emphasizes a privacy-first approach, ensuring that personal data is encrypted and never sold. With millions of users and competitive pricing, Aura is positioned as a trusted name in personal cybersecurity, delivering enterprise-grade protection in a user-friendly package.

Aura’s credit monitoring service is built into all of its plans and is one of the platform’s most critical features. It provides continuous surveillance of your credit files across all three major bureaus—Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. This means if someone tries to open a loan, credit card, or financial account using your identity, Aura will immediately alert you to the activity. These alerts can help you catch fraud early, often before it causes serious damage to your credit profile.

Beyond just monitoring, Aura also gives users the ability to instantly lock and unlock their Experian credit file from within the app, adding an extra layer of defense against unauthorized inquiries or credit pulls.

 Higher-tier plans include additional tools such as monthly credit score tracking and annual access to your full credit reports, which are useful for keeping an eye on your financial health and making informed decisions.

For families or couples, the coverage extends to each adult member, with the same level of monitoring and protection for everyone included on the plan.

Overall, Aura’s credit monitoring is designed not just to alert you after the fact, but to give you the tools to actively prevent fraud, detect identity theft early, and maintain control over your credit profile—all through a unified and easy-to-use dashboard.

Aura actively monitors for data breaches as part of its identity protection services. When a breach occurs—whether it’s a leak of email addresses, passwords, Social Security numbers, or other sensitive information—Aura scans the dark web and known leak sources to detect if your data was compromised. If a match is found, you’ll receive a real-time alert identifying what was exposed, where it was found, and recommendations for what to do next, such as changing your password or freezing your credit.

What sets Aura apart is how it connects breach monitoring with its other tools. For example, if your login credentials are found in a breach, Aura’s password manager can help you quickly update them across your accounts. Their system doesn’t just notify you of breaches—it guides you through the response process, reducing the risk of fallout like account takeover or financial fraud.

In addition, Aura keeps a continuous eye on new breach activity and automatically checks whether your information has appeared in newly disclosed leaks, helping you stay ahead of evolving threats. This ongoing breach detection, paired with proactive alerts and step-by-step guidance, makes Aura a powerful tool for minimizing the impact of personal data exposure.

In addition to Social Security Number (SSN) monitoring, Aura tracks a wide range of personal identifiers to give you comprehensive protection against identity theft and fraud.

Aura monitors your full name, date of birth, and address for any unusual or unauthorized use—such as when someone tries to open an account using your identity. It keeps an eye on your driver’s license number, alerting you if it's been exposed in a breach or used fraudulently. It also scans for passport numbers, insurance account numbers, and medical ID numbers, which are often sold on the dark web for fraudulent billing schemes or identity fabrication.



For financial security, Aura tracks your bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and investment account details, alerting you to suspicious transactions or attempts to access your funds. It continuously monitors the dark web, data broker sites, public court records, home and auto title registries, and even criminal databases to see if any of your personal information shows up where it shouldn’t. If something does, you'll receive a detailed alert with recommended steps to secure your identity.

This full-spectrum monitoring, paired with tools like credit locks, password management, and insurance coverage, is what makes Aura more robust than many standalone services.

Aura includes Dark Web monitoring as a key feature of its identity protection service. It continuously scans underground forums, data dump sites, hacker marketplaces, and breached databases across the dark web to detect if your personal information has been exposed or sold.

This includes sensitive data like your email addresses, passwords, Social Security Number, driver’s license, credit card numbers, phone numbers, and more. When Aura detects your data in a breach or leak, it immediately alerts you with details about what was found, where it was detected, and recommendations for what to do next—such as updating passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, or freezing your credit.



What makes Aura’s Dark Web monitoring more useful than some others is how it integrates with their other tools. For example, if your password is found in a leak, their built-in password manager can help you automatically update it across multiple sites. And if a financial account is linked to breached data, their financial fraud monitoring may catch and alert you to suspicious activity early.

In essence, Aura doesn’t just notify you—it helps you respond swiftly and securely.

This is an example of how an Alert would look like:

⚠️ ALERT: Your Data Was Found on the Dark Web

Detected:
 Your email address and password were found in a known data breach on a dark web forum.

Details:

   Email: johndoe@example.com
   Password: ••••••••
   Breach Source: Compromised account from [ExampleSite.com]
   Date of Breach: August 2023
   Status: Sold in credential dump #27
   Risk Level: High

Recommended Actions:

   Change your password immediately on ExampleSite.com and any other sites using the same credentials.
   Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever possible.
   Use the Aura Password Manager to generate and store a new, strong password.
   Monitor your accounts for unusual activity.
   Consider running a full device security scan if you’ve recently clicked suspicious links or emails.

   💡 Tip: With one click, you can auto-update this password across multiple accounts using Aura’s integrated tools.