PwnedList Shutdown Unrelated to Parameter Tampering Vulnerability

PwnedList, an online service that allows subscribers to monitor whether their credentials have been leaked in data breaches, said on Thursday that its decision to shut down has nothing to do with a serious vulnerability that exposed its collection of 866 million compromised credentials. “The site...

Hacker is Selling 272 Million Email Passwords for Just $1

A massive database of 272 million emails and passwords for popular email services, including Gmail, Microsoft, and Yahoo, are being offered for sale on the Dark Web for less than $1, media reports. An anonymous Russian hacker, who goes by the moniker "the Collector," was first spotted by...

PwnedList Partnership Provides Credential Monitoring for LastPass Users

A partnership announced today merges LastPass’s credential management services with PwnedList’s credential monitoring services. The companies said “credential management and credential monitoring are natural complements” and that the move will bolster password security for LastPass end users...

8 million passwords dumped from gaming website Gamigo

Four months after the gaming site Gamigo warned users about a hacker intrusion that accessed some portions of its users' credentials, more than 8 million usernames, emails and and encrypted passwords from the site have been published on the Web, according to the data breach alert service PwnedLis...

As Data Breaches Mount, PwnedList.com Finds A Market Identifying Victims

Pwnedlist, the Web site that compiles information on victims of data breaches, is going commercial with a plan to charge individuals for daily monitoring of their email addresses against a growing database of more-than 12 million email-login credentials. We reported on Pwnedlist.com a few months...