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Have I Been Pwned is looking for a new owner

Troy Hunt has revealed he’s looking for an acquirer for the breach notification service he set up more than five years ago — aka: Have I Been Pwned. In a blog post discussing the future of the service, Hunt details how traffic to the site has exploded since January when he uploaded a massive 773M…

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Have I Been Pwned is looking for a new owner


Troy Hunthas revealed he’s looking for an acquirer for the breach notification service he set up more than five years ago — aka: Have I Been Pwned.

In a blog post discussing the future of the service, Hunt details how traffic to the site has exploded since January when he uploaded a massive 773M record list of breached emails and passwords that could be used for automated unauthorized logins (aka credential stuffing).

“The extra attention HIBP started getting in Jan never returned to 2018 levels, it just kept growing and growing,” he writes, saying he realized he was getting close to burn out trying to manage the service solo. Hence his decision to seek an acquirer.

HIBP has ridden a wave of growing concern about data breaches and Internet security, with Hunt taking the decision to accept a commercial sponsorship via a partnership with password manager firm 1Passwordlast year.

Its growing profile has also led the service finding favor with governments wanting to monitor their own domains.

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