Security researcher Troy Hunt revealed this week that he had found a collection containing around 773 million email addresses and 22 million passwords hosted on Mega.nz. Hunt said in a blog post that he even saw his own personal data in the dump, including an email...
Mozilla introduced this week a free service called Firefox Monitor which is designed to notify users whose data has been affected by a breach. Users who wish to sign up for the service can go to monitor.firefox.com and register their email address which will be screened...
Troy Hunt, creator of the Have I Been Pwned data breach index site, was recently alerted by the owner of a sharing service that someone had uploaded a massive database of email addresses, passwords in clear text, and partial credit card data, using free, public...
It was recently reported that the personal data of 934,000 South Africans may have been leaked online, in addition to the 60 million ID numbers which had been posted publicly around last year. According to cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt who is working with iAfrikan on the...
A new password management service called 1Password has announced a new feature that will help users choose the most secure password for their accounts. The company revealed that it will be relying on data from Pwned Passwords to tell users if their chosen password has already...
Last December 2, Leakbase.pw announced that it will be discontinuing its service and will be issuing refunds to users who still have some time left on their subscriptions. The site, which sells leaked usernames and passwords from data breaches, has since redirected their domain to HaveIBeenPwned.com,...
A new security feature which will warn users if a site has had a data breach may soon be added to Firefox. The feature will use data from breach verification website “Have I Been Pwned?”. Site owner Troy Hunt revealed that he has been working with...
A security researcher that goes by the handle ‘Benkow’ recently discovered an open web server that contained a huge batch of sensitive personal data. Millions of email addresses, passwords, and email servers were found in text files stored in a Netherlands-based server which are assumed to...