Troy Hunt

APRIL 23, 2018

This was the rather sensationalist piece put together by the Motion Picture Association of America in an attempt to draw parallels between digital piracy and what they viewed as IRL ("In Real Life") equivalents. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) April 19, 2018.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Yesterday was a perfect example of that with 2 separate noteworthy stories adorning my early morning Twitter feed. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. Stop victim blaming. Yes, I am and no, I won't.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Their CEO later explained it very succinctly: "We did have a reporter, try to contact us multiple times last week, you don't respond to some random person about a data breach. In part, because there are those amongst us who attempt to run what amounts to a digital protection racket in order to make some quick bucks.

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