Troy Hunt

JULY 2, 2020

Project Svalbard (the sale of HIBP which ultimately turned out to be a no-sale ) was a huge part of that and it was all happening whilst still being solely responsible for running the project. The thing that perhaps surprised me most about those discussions with friends was how much their own stories resonated with mine.

Sales 141

Sales Mining IT Cloud 141

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

Known as “original gangster” or “OG” accounts, short-character profile names confer a measure of status and wealth in certain online communities, and such accounts can often fetch thousands of dollars when resold in the underground. “just dont want my irl getting sus[pended].”

Access 297

Access Mining IT Libraries 297

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million Gumtree user records allegedly for sale A user database from the classified advertising platform Gumtree has allegedly been offered for sale on a hacking forum. At the time of writing, it’s unclear whether this is related to a 2023 data breach suffered by the company, as discussed by Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt last March.

Data Privacy 77

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 77

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Yeah, there are tracks at conferences, but it hasn't yet exploded into the mainstream. I don't kind of mix the two and I'm in charge of global sales operations, channel operations and go to market strategy. So this is sometimes used to figure out passwords and credit card details as they're going through any point of sale.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Communications 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

Mine was 2000. This is the hotel where the annual Black Hat USA conference is held. In both areas, you know, we never had sales guys until last year, so that's going on from like, 2006 Until last year. VAMOSI: I’m curious though about the increase in the sales team. Daniel’s first Black HAt was in 1999.

IT 40

IT Sales Security Honeypots 40

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

Education 111

Education Marketing IT Insurance 111

ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

In our sales work we call them cyber emotional academies. A colleague of mine used to travel around to sans training conferences across the country. Wherever you are, in your career, you can change your career, you can do that, you can work your way into the cybersecurity field. It could be difficult, but it's not.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Military IT Security 52

Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

One day I'd really like to turn this whole experience into a conference talk because it's a fascinating story, but for now I want to try and give a sense of just how intense the last 11 months has been, starting with the heading above. I would be an employee. I'd fly the company flag. I'd need to support their vision. Then I got to Vegas.

IT 135

IT Mining Sales Data breaches 135