Troy Hunt, security expert and creator of HaveIBeenPwned, falls victim to phishing scam

Troy Hunt, security expert and creator of HaveIBeenPwned, falls victim to phishing scam

Hunt says he was jet lagged and tired when he read an email that appeared to come from Mailchimp, the service he uses for his mailing list....

A phisher has captured Troy Hunt's mailing list. The incident impressively shows that even security experts are sometimes careless. (Phishing, spam)

HaveIBeenPwned owner suffers phishing attack that stole his Mailchimp mailing list - WorldNL Magazine

Troy Hunt, creator of popular website HaveIBeenPwned, has himself fallen victim to a phishing incidentAttackers exfiltrated 16,000 credentialsHunt calls the email 'very well-crafted'Tory Hunt, the owner of credential leak website HaveIBeenPwned, is notifying thousands of subscribers after falling for a MailChimp phishing scam - in which approximately 16,000 credentials were compromised.In a blog post, Hunt described the attack which led to the e…

HaveIBeenPwned owner suffers phishing attack that stole his Mailchimp mailing list

Troy Hunt fell for a ‘’very well crafted’ phishing attack.

The operator of Have I Been Pwned himself was the victim of a phishing attack. The e-mails from the newsletter mailing list were stolen.

Have I Been Pwned owner Troy Hunt’s mailing list compromised in phishing attack

Troy Hunt, the security blogger behind data-breach site Have I Been Pwned, has fallen victim to a phishing attack targeting his email subscriber list.