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Following the leak of 773 million records from what security researchers call "Collection #1" earlier this month, experts are now saying that Collections #2 - #5" contain even more information. The Hasso Plattner Institute says that "around 2.2 billion e-mail addresses and the associated...

Troy Hunt is a Microsoft Regional Director and is the owner and creator of Have I Been Owned (HIBP). Today he alerted the security community to a massive 87GB data breach that the hacker community calls "Collection #1." It contains 773 million unique email addresses, 1.1 billion unique...

Today, DriveSavers announced a new service that can allegedly unlock and recover data from password protected computers. Devices from Apple, Samsung, Huawei, LG and other running iOS, Android, Windows, or Blackberry are said to be supported. Interestingly, the company claims they don't offer the...

Logic Supply announced today that they have reset their user passwords after their website was breached on Monday. Yep, you read that right. On Monday, two days ago. Contrast this with some companies who see it fit to inform their users more than three years after the fact. I think I'm more...