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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. Without doubt, blame lies with them.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

It's after as much clean-up as I could reasonably do and per the previous paragraph, the source data was presented in a variety of different formats and levels of "cleanliness". There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. So that's where the data has come from, let me talk about how to assess your own personal exposure.

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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

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