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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources. This number makes it the single largest breach ever to be loaded into HIBP.

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Gab Has Been Breached

Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

I've investigated hundreds of data breaches over the years (there are 514 of them in Have I Been Pwned as I write this), and for the most part, the situation with Gab is just another day on the internet. A couple of days ago, I posted a thread about their alleged breach. Gab's approach.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Gab Has Been Breached

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