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Welcoming the German Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Back in 2018, we started making Have I Been Pwned domain searches freely available to national government cybersecurity agencies responsible for protecting their nations' online infrastructure. This access now provides them with complete access to the exposure of their government domains in data breaches.

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Welcoming the Liechtenstein Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Over the last 6 years, we've been very happy to welcome dozens of national governments to have unhindered access to their domains in Have I Been Pwned , free from cost and manual verification barriers.

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Australia Increases Fines for Massive Data Breaches

Schneier on Security

After suffering two large, and embarrassing, data breaches in recent weeks, the Australian government increased the fine for serious data breaches from $2.2 The problem is one of incentives, and Australia has now increased the incentive for companies to secure the personal data or their users and customers.

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Welcoming the Bulgarian Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Data breaches impact us all as individuals, companies and as governments. Over the last 4 years, I've been providing additional access to data breach information in Have I Been Pwned for government agencies responsible for protecting their citizens.

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Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors

Security Affairs

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. Data belonging to current and former Government of Canada employees, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel have been also exposed.

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Canadian government discloses data breach after contractor hacks

Bleeping Computer

The Canadian government says two of its contractors have been hacked, exposing sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees. [.]

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Ransomware and Data Breaches: Impacts Continue to Grow Louder

Lohrman on Security

Reports from cybersecurity companies in 2023 show mixed trends regarding the number of global data breaches, ransomware attacks, records affected and government costs. But one thing is clear: Cyber attack impacts steadily grow.