Have I Been Pwned
Also known as Have I Been Pwned?, HIBP
Website where anyone can check whether their email or password appeared in a data breach.
At a glance
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- Have I Been Pwned lets people check whether their email address or password has been exposed in a data breach.
- Troy Hunt created it on 4 December 2013.
- Users can sign up to be told when their address appears in a new breach.
- Pwned Passwords, from August 2017, lets anyone check a password against breached ones.
Key facts
- Launched
- 4 December 2013, by Troy Hunt1
- Scale
- Almost eight billion breached accounts and about 160,000 daily visitors (June 2019)1
- Pwned Passwords
- 306 million breached passwords made searchable in August 20171
Connections
Founded by
- Troy HuntPerson
since Dec 2013 1
Links
Sources
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