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- A (dutch ??) hacker called "D0gberry" has put online a list/database with some 1.4 billion hacked passwords. When a computer user goes to the website "Have I been pwned" then that person can check whether or not his/her password has been hacked.

Weblinks:

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/dutch-hacker-puts-33-mln-stolen-passwords-online-report--1238809

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

A dutch newspaper brought this news. I still find it a bit suspicious/"dodgy". Don't know what make of it. Do the readers of this forum have an opinion on this topic ? Was it perhaps reported on other websites before ?

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The pwned site has been around a while now.

e.g.

https://forum.piriform.com/topic/48003-find-out-if-your-information-shows-up-online-as-a-result-of-a-hack/?tab=comments#comment-281722

To be honest I don't think there are many site/websites etc that haven't been hacked over the last few years.

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- I must have overlooked that.

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Thanks for the alert and the reminder. Not that any of us ever need reminded. :)