Are you reading it as if the Nepalese government had a data breach? Given the positive connotation of 'welcoming', I read it differently but I can see the confusion indeed
I'm pretty certain that my data would be leaked regardless of him, so as far as objectionable businesses go, his is pretty low on my list of ones to be upset about
In some sense companies that don't protect your data make money off the back of your data being leaked (in the sense that they saved money by not spending it on security)
And police officers make a living off of crime; ambulance personnel wouldn't get paid if nobody got sick or injured. What's the point of that observation?
If they find during an investigation that you're avictim of a crime they WILL tell you where they found the data and what was exactly in it.
Troy? He'll basically resell you your own stolen data, because that's the only way to know if the password leaked was 20 years or 1 month old, and to what services exactly. If you're leaked in infostealer dump, you'd learn from the police what was associated with your email in this dump, so you know to snort if it was only empty password store from your Firefox, or financial data exposing you to ruin.
Troy? Oh, he can tell you that too, but for a price. He'll sell you your personal data back.
(I've looked far and wide and there doesn't seem to be ANY way to list as much as the domains of the email/password dumps without paying for access to the API)
Are you reading it as if the Nepalese government had a data breach? Given the positive connotation of 'welcoming', I read it differently but I can see the confusion indeed
I also read the title as a sardonic welcome (negative connotation). I was surprised to find out it was just a tiny puff piece of self-promotion.
Being “welcomed” to HIBP sounds a lot like being “welcomed” to the Bronx by a mugging.
I admit I do not follow HIBP and was unaware of this kind of outreach they do.
https://www.troyhunt.com/tag/government/
It's a pattern that is used for new welcomes.
Well Troy Hunt makes money off the back of your data being leaked so I expect nothing less.
I'm pretty certain that my data would be leaked regardless of him, so as far as objectionable businesses go, his is pretty low on my list of ones to be upset about
In some sense companies that don't protect your data make money off the back of your data being leaked (in the sense that they saved money by not spending it on security)
And police officers make a living off of crime; ambulance personnel wouldn't get paid if nobody got sick or injured. What's the point of that observation?
Police officers help for free.
If they find during an investigation that you're avictim of a crime they WILL tell you where they found the data and what was exactly in it.
Troy? He'll basically resell you your own stolen data, because that's the only way to know if the password leaked was 20 years or 1 month old, and to what services exactly. If you're leaked in infostealer dump, you'd learn from the police what was associated with your email in this dump, so you know to snort if it was only empty password store from your Firefox, or financial data exposing you to ruin.
Troy? Oh, he can tell you that too, but for a price. He'll sell you your personal data back.
(I've looked far and wide and there doesn't seem to be ANY way to list as much as the domains of the email/password dumps without paying for access to the API)
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