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"Pwned", the Book, is Finally Here!

Troy Hunt

which I've now included in this book 😊 These are the stories behind the stories and finally, the book about it all is here: I announced the book back in April last year after Rob, Charlotte and I had already invested a heap of effort before releasing a preview in October. This book has it all. Pat Phelan.

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Data Breaches, Class Actions and Ambulance Chasing

Troy Hunt

This post has been brewing for a while, but the catalyst finally came after someone (I'll refer to him as Jimmy) recently emailed me regarding the LOQBOX data breach from 2020. The data never began circling within the usual hacking groups, it never turned up publicly and thus never appeared in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP).

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. Data Breach Victims are Making it Worse I'm talking about class actions.

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Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls: New French Book on Hacking and CyberSecurity Now Available

Joseph Steinberg

Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls , a single-volume book containing French versions of the latest editions of both the best selling CyberSecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg, and Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver, is now available to the public.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

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. The collection totalled over 12,000 separate files and more than 87GB of data.

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Change Healthcare data breach impacted over 100 million people

Security Affairs

The Change Healthcare data breach in the February 2024 impacted over 100 million, the largest-ever healthcare data breach in the US. UnitedHealth Group announced that the data breach suffered by Change Healthcare in February 2024 impacted more than 100 million individuals.

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Some American Express customers’ data exposed in a third-party data breach

Security Affairs

American Express warns customers that their credit cards were exposed due to a data breach experienced by a third-party merchant processor. American Express (Amex) notifies customers that their credit card information has been compromised in a data breach involving a third-party merchant processor.