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The FBI will feed hacked passwords directly into Have I Been Pwned
Australian security researcher Troy Hunt announced today that he granted the US Federal Bureau of Investigation a direct line to upload new content into Have I Been Pwned, a website that indexes data from security breaches.
The HIBP creator said that when the FBI discovers password collections during their investigations, they will upload the data into a section of the site called Pwned Passwords.
The FBI will provide passwords as SHA-1 and NTLM hashes and not in plain text. No user personal details will be provided, but only the password hashes.
The passwords will be added to Pwned Passwords, a collection of more than 613 million leaked passwords.
https://therecord.media/the-fbi-will-feed-hacked-passwords-directly-into-have-i-been-pwned/