Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And that's precisely what this 185th blog post tagging HIBP is - the noteworthy things of the years past, including a few things I've never discussed publicly before. Congress How on earth did I end up here?! 6 years and a few days ago now, I found myself in a place I'd only ever seen before in the movies: Congress.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Passwords Sales IT 145

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. Of course, I do the update, but then later I have to go back to my privacy settings to see what Microsoft changed. And it's not just Microsoft.

Passwords 52

Passwords Access IoT IT 52

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

million records on US consumers (this started a series events which ultimately led to me testifying in front of Congress ), South Africa had data on everyone living in the country (and a bunch of deceased folks as well) leaked by a sloppy real estate agent and data from Australia's Medicare system was being sold to anyone able to come up with $30.

Security 111

Security Government Encryption Risk 111