Troy Hunt explains how he turned a dump of almost 5 million user records into a public service that allows users to check if their email address has been part of a breach; he also offers future notifications if their email shows up in any future breaches.
The lack of resources for victims of cyber crime led one man to create his own website for reporting and educating others about cyber crime.
A website's weak password policy that only generates five-character passwords made it vulnerable to brute force attacks, allowing hackers to gain access to user accounts by resetting their passwords and guessing the five-character password generated by the site.
Said owns the largest collection of WordPress websites and tools, which drives traffic to his landing spot and turns random curious traffic into SaaS subscribers. He has built an empire using the search ranking of his websites and tools he refers to.
A massive list of actual passwords was released after the fifth largest breach at the time, leading to an increase in password cracking methods and tools among hackers and security professionals.