Umcwaningi wezokuphepha u-Troy Hunt wengeze amagama omsebenzisi aputshuziwe kanye namagama-mfihlo kusuka kuwebhusayithi ye-rap mixtape i-DatPiff ukuze Ibe I Pwned. NgoNovemba, idatha evela kumalungu acishe abe yizigidi eziyisi-7.5 yavela esithangamini sama-hacker.
Lokho U-Hunt ubhala ku-Twitter. Akukacaci kahle ukuthi ukuphulwa kwedatha kwenzeka nini, kodwa amagama ayimfihlo namagama omsebenzisi acishe abe yizigidi ezingu-7.5 amalungu e-DatPiff avele ezinkundleni ezihlukahlukene zokugebenga phakathi no-2020 no-2021 futhi aqala ukuthengiswa ngokuvaliwe. Ngaphezu kwamagama ayimfihlo namagama omsebenzisi, isizindalwazi siqukethe namakheli e-imeyili nezimpendulo zemibuzo yokuphepha.
U-Hunt manje usengeze idatha kokuthi I-Have I been Pwned ukuze abasebenzisi babone ukuthi idatha yabo iputshuziwe yini. Amaphesenti angu-81 edatha abesevele efakwe ku-HIBP. Lena idatha yombhalo ongenalutho ekuqaleni eyasheshiswa nge-MD5. Leyo i-algorithm ye-hashing yakudala kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990s, osekuphele iminyaka ingasasebenzi, ngoba kulula kakhulu ukuhlephula amahhashi e-MD5.
Idatha eputshuziwe indala futhi iphuma kusipele sesizindalwazi sewebhusayithi, kubhala i-BleepingComputer. Isela likwazile ukubamba idatha ngokusebenzisa ukuba sengozini kwewebhusayithi scanner okumnike ukufinyelela kuseva equkethe idatha. Kuze kube manje, i-DatPiff ayizange ibazise abasebenzisi ngokuvuza futhi ayizange ikhuthaze abasebenzisi ukuthi bashintshe amagama abo ayimfihlo.