Jan 18, 2019 · Whether it be due to technology the site is using, or any manual behind-the-scenes work with the data, why does this breach detection site seem to be unquestioningly safe? …

Feb 27, 2018 · My understanding of Have I Been Pwned is that it checks your password to see if someone else in the world has used it. This really doesn't seem that useful to me. It seems …

Jul 26, 2019 · I have edited your question to reflect that you want to know if you should not do it, instead of asking why others have not. The votes to close this question as "too broad" were …

Jun 11, 2025 · I signed up for a free email address that I haven't used for anything critical, but after getting "pwned" in a data breach, I noticed, courtesy of haveibeenpwned, that the address had …

Q&A for information security professionalsWebsite allowing internet users to check whether their credentials have been compromised in the past.

Jun 3, 2019 · I have been hearing more and more that the haveibeenpwned password list is a good way to check if a password is strong enough to use or not. I am confused by this. My …

Dec 20, 2023 · My understanding of Have I Been Pwned is that it checks your password to see if someone else in the world has used it. This really doesn't seem that useful to me. It seems …

Mar 4, 2022 · I know maltego has a haveibeenpwned module/transform. Assuming an attacker ran a bunch of emails through that module and got a few positive hits for haveibeenpwned, …

Jan 20, 2019 · 2 Why not follow the right security practices regardless of any leaks? Because regularily changing your passwords is not a right security practice. It is a hack and work …

Jun 19, 2019 · Secondarily, I urge to to assess if I have been pwned, in ways other than looking carefully at top and crontab. I need to understand if this attack affects my MTA or tries to …