Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

There's no way to sugar-coat this: Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) only exists due to a whole bunch of highly illegal activity that has harmed many individuals and organisations alike. This has changed most fundamentally in the last year and a bit so let me start there. The Industry Cleaned Up a Lot in 2017.

Data breaches 182

Data breaches Government Passwords Media 182

Troy Hunt

MARCH 22, 2018

Here's the 2 tweets with some stats I mention at the start of this week's update: It's been almost a month since I launched Pwned Passwords V2. Thanks guys, this would have been a hard discussion to have with the wife otherwise! iTunes podcast | Google Play Music podcast | RSS podcast. References.

Passwords 117

Passwords 117

Troy Hunt

MARCH 29, 2018

In an era well before the birth of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), I was doing a bunch of password analysis on data breaches and wouldn't you know it - people are terrible at creating passwords! I want to talk about why that is, what's changed and what the new partnership looks like. Then they get reused.

Password Management 266

Password Management Passwords Data breaches Retail 266

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 1, 2018

I look back a lot more than what I suspect people realise. Not in a reminiscent way, but rather because I find it helps me put things in perspective. A lot of people like to set personal goals or objectives so that there's something specific they're setting out to achieve but for me personally, I just want to see progress.

Hacking 118

Hacking Encryption 118

Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. The prevalence of them seemed to be really ramping up as was the impact they were having on those of us that found ourselves in them, myself included. And so Have I Been Pwned was born. "Have I been pwned?"

Data breaches 279

Data breaches Passwords InfoSec Accountability 279