Troy Hunt, security expert and creator of HaveIBeenPwned, falls victim to phishing scam
Hunt says he was jet lagged and tired when he read an email that appeared to come from Mailchimp, the service he uses for his ...
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Even anti-scammers get scammed: security expert Troy Hunt pwned by phishing email
Illustrating that there is no such thing as immunity from phishing, the founder of the Have I Been Pwned? website admits to ...
This PC security guru fell for a scam. Here are 3 lessons from his mistakes
Even smart, knowledgeable experts can fall for phishing attacks. Here’s what happened, and how you can avoid the same fate.
Have I Been Pwned: Project operator Troy Hunt pwned
The operator of Have I Been Pwned was himself the victim of a phishing attack. The emails from the newsletter mailing list ...
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How Security Expert Troy Hunt Got Phished—and Why 2FA Didn’t Save Him
This morning, I received a Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) alert about my email address showing up in a breach labeled “Troy Hunt’s Mailchimp List.” My first reaction was disbelief. Troy Hunt ...
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Phishing Attacks – Anyone Can Get Pwned
HaveIBeenPwned is a website that allows users to check whether their data has been involved in data breaches. The website’s ...
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Creator of HaveIBeenPwned Data Breach Site Falls for Phishing Email
A hacker has managed to phish Troy Hunt, the creator of HaveIBeenPwned.com, tricking the security expert into clicking a malicious email while he was jetlagged. The breach affects people who ...
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Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish
Infosec veteran Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned fame is notifying thousands of people after phishers scooped up his Mailchimp ...
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This Week In Security: IngressNightmare, NextJS, And Leaking DNA
This week, researchers from Wiz Research released a series of vulnerabilities in the Kubernetes Ingress NGINX Controller  that, when chained together, allow an unauthorized attacker to completely ...