Welcoming the Costa Rican Government to Have I Been Pwned
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) has added Costa Rica as its 42nd government client for the free government‑focused breach‑monitoring service. The Costa Rican CSIRT now gains continuous visibility into compromised government email addresses, enabling faster identification of exposure and more proactive incident response. HIBP’s platform aggregates breach data worldwide, allowing the national team to cross‑reference its domains against known leaks. This partnership expands HIBP’s public‑sector footprint and bolsters Costa Rica’s cyber‑defense capabilities.
Who Decides Who Doesn’t Deserve Privacy?
Troy Hunt reflects on the Ashley Madison breach, noting how public doxing caused suicides, broken marriages and job losses. He explains why Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) now classifies breaches containing legally defined sensitive data as non‑searchable to prevent similar harm....
Processing 630 Million More Pwned Passwords, Courtesy of the FBI
The FBI has supplied Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) with an additional 630 million compromised passwords, expanding the service’s corpus beyond the 1.26 billion monthly searches it already handles. Roughly 7.4% of these passwords—about 46 million—were previously absent from HIBP, boosting the database’s...