Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Instead, they need to look inwardly and adjust their own security practices instead. Get a password manager (8 years on and I still use 1Password every day), create strong and unique passwords on every account and enable 2-factor authentication where available.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This may seem obvious, but most users have poor password habits because it’s far simpler to remember your pet’s name and birthday than a combination of random numbers and letters. But simpler passwords are much easier to hack. Silo your risk by generating a unique password for each of your online accounts.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

One of my contacts pointed me to a popular hacking forum where the data was being socialised, complete with the following image: As you can see at the top left of the image, the root folder is called "Collection #1" hence the name I've given this breach. The collection totalled over 12,000 separate files and more than 87GB of data.

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