I'm sure that some of you may know of the service "Have I Been Pwned?," which allows you to check whether or not you've been compromised via a data breach with a service that you use.
Well, that massive database just hit puberty and embraced a little growth spurt! They're now clocking in 9 gigs worth of half of a billion passwords. NASTY.
Go check to see if you're a victim, and if you are, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD.
Here's the full write up and the low down by Troy Hunt: https://www.troyhunt.com/ive-just-launched-pwned-passwords-version-2/
SHA-1 Hashed lists can be downloaded here via torrent:
Dump v2 (ORDERED BY USE PREVALENCE) ~8.8GB: https://downloads.pwnedpasswords.com/passwords/pwned-passwords-2.0.txt.7z.torrent
SHA-1 hash of 7z file from torrent above: c267424e7d2bb5b10adff4d776fa14b0967bf0cc
Dump v2 (ORDERED BY HASH) ~9.0GB: https://downloads.pwnedpasswords.com/passwords/pwned-passwords-ordered-2.0.txt.7z.torrent
SHA-1 hash of 7z file from torrent above: 87437926c6293d034a259a2b86a2d077e7fd5a63
If you feel so inclined and appreciate Troy's work, he has a donation page located here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Donate
I was just discussing this with a friend and thought I'd drop the news here for you guys!
Enjoy! And stay safe out there in internet land!