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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

One of my contacts pointed me to a popular hacking forum where the data was being socialised, complete with the following image: As you can see at the top left of the image, the root folder is called "Collection #1" hence the name I've given this breach. What's the Risk If My Data Is in There?

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On the Twitter Hack

Schneier on Security

Twitter was hacked this week. We need to start treating them that way, and that means both requiring them to do a better job on security and breaking them up. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security.

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