Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), the website that catalogs password breaches, has made its codebase open source. The website creator, Troy Hunt, hopes this will encourage better adoption of their service, by making it easier to implement.
Additionally, they are getting access to a stream of breached passwords from the FBI, who contacted HIBP about compromised passwords they routinely discover during investigations. The FBI is “excited to be partnering with HIBP on this important project to protect victims of online credential theft.” The website gets almost a billion requests per month from users wondering if their credentials have been leaked.
