Troy Hunt's Weekly Update Podcast
Episodes
Weekly Update 495
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the scenes of some of Have I Been Pwned’s most important architectural components https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-495/See omnystud...
Weekly Update 494
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Breachapalooza: Odido, KomikoAI, Quitbro, Lovora, Provecho; The Hunger Rush Situation; I Finally Got Age-Checked https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-updat...
Weekly Update 493
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Odido Breach and Leaks; The Incentives and Economics for Paying Ransoms; Where Did the Canadian Tire Data Come From? https://www.troyhunt.com/week...
Weekly Update 492
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Surge of New Breaches; The Figure Breach Only Impacted “Limited” Files; 80% of Aussie Adults Don’t Need ID for Social Media https://...
Weekly Update 491
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ESP32, E10G30-F2 and Other Nerd Stuff; Substack, ANPS and Toy Battles Data Breaches; Sneak Peek at Cool Stuff Coming to HIBP https://www.troyhunt.com/...
Weekly Update 490
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Home Sweet Home; First Stream From the New PC; Law Enforcement and Cybercrime Prevention; The Betterment Data Breach https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-u...
Weekly Update 489
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Hong Kong; The Sound Cloud Data Breach; The Panera Bread Breach; [Clawd|Molt]Bot / OpenClaw https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-489/Se...
Weekly Update 488
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Australia Day! I'm Back From the Arctic; The Under Armour Breach; The UK, Under 16s and Social Media https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-488/...
Weekly Update 487
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A Fully Automated Explanation of “AI Slop” — Why the Internet Thinks Everything Made by Computers Is Now Wet Garbage https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 486
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Weekly update is up! I'm in Oslo; The WhiteDate Breach; The Instagram Scraped Data (and password resets) https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-486/Se...
Weekly Update 485
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Dubai with Scott Helme! My Changing View on Sponsorships; Scott on Moving to Dubai; On the Overhead of Support https://www.troyhunt.com/week...
Weekly Update
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Upcoming Travel; Reaching IoT Shelly Nirvana; Physical Security Meets Digital with Ubiquiti; Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly...
Weekly Update 483
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IoT all the things! A full walkthrough of all the connected stuff, warts and all. Sponsored by 1Password. https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-483/S...
Weekly Update 482
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spicers Pwned (and visited); 630 Million Passwords via the FBI; Qantas Breach Spam https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-482/See omnystudio.com/liste...
Weekly Update 481
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the Have I Been Pwned 12th Birthday Special with Charlotte! Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-481/See omnystudio.com...
Weekly Update 480
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian Under 16 Social Media Ban: Parenting Responsibilities, Government Control, Privacy and Identity Verification; Sponsored by Report URI h...
Weekly Update 479
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Record (?) HIBP Traffic Month; The Week in Breaches; IoT Water Meter Reader with Home Assistant and AI; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.co...
Weekly Update 478
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Home Sweet Home; Lessons From Processing Those 2B Email Addresses; I Spoke at Europol in The Hague; Operation Endgame 3.0; Sponsored by Malwarebytes h...
Weekly Update 477
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Belgium! Here’s everything that went wrong with loading 2 billion breached email addresses… Sponsored by Report URI https://...
Weekly Update 476
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Norway; Loading 1,957,476,021 Breached Email Addresses is Hard; Qantas Data Continues to Spread; PC Build Thread; Sponsored by Report URI...
Weekly Update 475
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Impending Travel; PC Build Spec Thread; The Synthient Threat Data; Pwned Passwords Passes 17 Billion Monthly Requests; Sponsroed by Report URI https:/...
Weekly Update 474
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's New PC Build Time; The Qantas Breach (and Injunction); The Vietnam Air, Hello Cake and Prosper Breaches; Sponsroed by 1Password https://www.troyh...
Weekly Update 473
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber-Geddon-Breacha-Palooza: Salesforce, Qantas, FedEx, Toyota, Disney, UPS and More; Thoughts, Prayers and Data Breaches; Sponsored by Malwarebytes ...
Weekly Update 472
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaches of the Week; Welcoming CERN to HIBP; Latest Pilot Jobs and HomeRefill Data Breaches; Brainstorming the Breach Pipeline; Sponsored by Report U...
Weekly Update 471
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have I Been Pwned Demos: Domain Searches and the Breached Account API; French Data Breaches: Bouygues Telecom and Cultura; Sponsored by Oh Dear https:...
Weekly Update 470
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ParkMobile’s MASSIVE $1 Class Action Payout; Miljödata Data Breach; FreeOnes Data Breach; My House Talks Like Me; Sponsored by 1Password ht...
Weekly Update 469
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Building the Prusa Core One; Pwned Passwords Passes 16B Monthly Requests; Going Deeper Down the IoT Rabbit Hole https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update...
Weekly Update 468
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Week of School, Cyber and Food in Singapore https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-467/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Weekly Update 467
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Upcoming Events in Singapore; TheSqua[.]re Breach; Home Assistant, Ubiquiti and AI; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-467...
Weekly Update 466
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Allianz Life Salesforce Breach; The 16m PayPal Breach That Isn’t; It’s Been a Quiet Week - AMA! Sponsored by 1Password https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 465
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Launched the Reseller Portal; Local HIBP Advice From Trusted Govs; 16B Passwords AKA Data Troll; Paired Those Shellys; Sponsroed by Malwarebytes https...
Weekly Update 464
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talking Science with Dr Karl; Welcoming Guardio to the Partner Program; Launching a Reseller Portal; Pairing Dozens of Shelleys; Sponsroed by Report U...
Weekly Update 463
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tea Spilled in Crazy Breach; Trying to Shake Me Down for $30k; The IoT Light Switch Saga Continues; Pi-hole Pwned; Sponsored by: Report URI https://ww...
Weekly Update 462
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaches, Injunctions, Thoughts and Prayers; Teespring Sucks; Microsoft MVP and RD Again; Creams Cafe Breach; Sponsored by: Report URI https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 461
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stripe, Invoicing and Emails; Omnicuris Breach; MaReads Breach; HIBP and Chromebooks; Welcoming Aura to HIBP Partnership Sponsored by: 1Password https...
Weekly Update 460
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Kyoto; NCA Arrests for Retail Hackers; Breach Disclosure Pain; Push Security Partnership with HIBP; Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www...
Weekly Update 459
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm in Tokyo; Catwatchful Spyware Breach; Truyu is HIBP's Newest Partner; The Qantas Breach; Ticket Hell; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt...
Weekly Update 458
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Austria; The Final Day of The HIBP Alpine Grand Tour; Robinsons Malls Breach; Have Fun Teaching Breach; New Merch Store; Sponsored by Rep...
Weekly Update 457
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m Live From Monaco; Events in Dubai, Liechtenstein, Zurich, Bern, Geneva & Lyon This Week; That 16 Billion Credential Story; Sponsored by ...
Weekly Update 456
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Have I Been Pwned Alpine Grand Tour Begins Today! Brisbane ✈️ Dubai ✈️ Munich 🏎️ Liechtenstein 🏎️ Zurich 🏎️ Geneva 🏎️ ...
Weekly Update 455
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New HIBP Partners Inbound; ColoCrossing Breach; The Merch Store and Teespring; Tweaking Bots and Anti-automation https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-updat...
Weekly Update 454
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Upcoming Azure Zürich User Group; FFR Data Breach; “Free” Data Breach; The HIBP “To-Do” List, Including Turnstile Tweaks ...
Weekly Update 453
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have I Been Pwned 2.0 is Here; All About all the New Bits; Cloudflare Turnstile Anti-Automation https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-453/See omnystu...
Weekly Update 452
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malaysian Government on HIBP; The HIBP Partner Ecosystem; The Final Day of Coding Before Relaunch; WE’RE DOING MERCH!!! ; Sponsored by 1Password...
Weekly Update 451
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gambian Government; Isle of Man Government; Passkeys for Normal People; The Have I Been Pwned Alpine Grand Tour ; Sponsored by Snyk https://www.troyhu...
Weekly Update 450
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NDC Melbourne; The Have I Been Pwned Challenge Coin; Sneaky Facebook Phish Catches a Click ; Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly...
Weekly Update 449
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How Fast is Too Fast for an API; Sign in Versus "The Others"; More HIBP UX Goodness ; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-44...
Weekly Update 448
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Home For Good; LabHost Takedown and 250k More Pwned Passwords; Samsung Germany Data Breach; The New HIBP Personal Breach Page ; Sponsored by 1Password...
Weekly Update 447
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm Back Home; Perth Event Next Week; Partner Placement in Have I Been Pwned; The New UX is Looking *Amazing*! Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www.t...
Weekly Update 446
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Ireland; Dealing with the Phish Fallout; HIBP UX Rebuild Task List; Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-446/...
Weekly Update 445
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coming to you live from Iceland, this week, it's all about how I got phished; Sponsored by Malwarebytes https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-445/See...
Weekly Update 444
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cloudflare’s Compromised Credentials Report (and Unhealthy Security Absolutism); Lexipol and SpyX Data Breaches; Have I Been Pwned UX Updates; S...
Weekly Update 443
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the new Have I Been Pwned brand! Fresh new look, new UI, more features, better stickers, and much more 😊 Sponsored by 1Password https://...
Weekly Update 442
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Riding Cyclone Alfred; Backfilling and Cleaning Stealer Logs; Phishing for X Credentials; HIBP UX Soft Launch Next Week; Sponsored by Report URI https...
Weekly Update 441
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
23B Rows of Stealer Logs (and stuff); Apple Advanced Data Protect and the Brits; More Spyware Breaches; Zimi Senoa IoT Switches; Sponsored by Report U...
Weekly Update 440
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Month of Processing Terrabytes of Stealer Logs with Tens of Billions of Rows: Here’s What’s Coming Next Week https://www.troyhunt.com/we...
Weekly Update 439
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DOGE Access and Data Breaches; Redesigning the HIBP User Experience; Zacks Data Breach; Incoming Stealer Logs; Reseller Update; Sponsored by 1Password...
Weekly Update 438
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geeking out on Home Theatres; Should We Ban Resellers from Have I Been Pwned; A Week of new Breaches; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt.com...
Weekly Update 437
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back Down the IoT Switch Rabbit Hole; YubiKey or Phish; ABC’s HIBP PIN Analysis; Grafana’ing All Our Things; Sponsored by 1Password https:...
Weekly Update 436
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The HIBP Wall of Graphs; The Fake JB Hi-Fi Data Breach; Muppets and Beg Bounties; Upcoming UK, Ireland and Iceland Travel; Sponsored by Report URI htt...
Weekly Update 435
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just loads of stealer log stuff... Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-435/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Weekly Update 434
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone Got a Security Contact? Processing Info Stealer Logs in Have I Been Pwned; Synology DiskStation Success; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.tr...
Weekly Update 433
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
RIP Synology DiskStation; Age Verification Challenges; Mocking up the HIBP Redesign; Glamira Data Breach; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyhunt...
Weekly Update 430
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Oslo; Dubai Travels; Failed Microsoft Account Logins; Tibber and Yonéma Data Breaches; Sponsored by1Password https://www.troyhunt.com...
Weekly Update 432
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Home Sweet 127.0.0.1; Rebuilding the Front End of Have I Been Pwned; Bluesky Users Cranky About X Links ; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt....
Weekly Update 431
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live with Scott Helme from an *epic* cabin in the Norwegian mountains; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-431/See omnystudi...
Weekly Update 429
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m in Dubai; Welcoming the Armenian Government to Have I Been Pwned; Giving the “Pwned” Book Away for Free; Sponsored by Rubrik https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 428
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recapping the top 5 most interesting breaches of 2024: Spoutible, pcTattletale, Combolists Posted to Telegram, National Public Data, Muah.AI; Sponsore...
Weekly Update 427
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Have I Been Pwned Architecture Livestream with Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-427/See...
Weekly Update 426
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk is Right; Hot Topic Breach; Demand Science Breach; Everything we Broke on Have I Been Pwned This Week; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.tr...
Weekly Update 425
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The HIBP Table Storage Rollover; Automagic SQL Scaling; The Week in Breaches: Stalker Online, Z-lib, Altenen, Dennis Kirk, Earth 2; Sponsored by Repor...
Weekly Update 424
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s go through everything that’s currently sitting on the Have I Been Pwned backlog; what else can we add? Sponsored by 1Password https://www.tr...
Weekly Update 423
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Bad to Bad for Internet Archive; The Unreported Breach Poll; I’m Pwned Again - Thanks digiDirect! Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.c...
Weekly Update 422
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC Claimed I Hacked Internet Archive; Massive Cloudflare Edge Caching Project; A Week of (Ongoing) Disclosures; Sponsored by Report URI https://w...
Weekly Update 421
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Home in Australia Again; Muah.AI Image Prompt Nastiness; Internet Archive Hacked Thrice; National Public Data is Dead; Sponsored by 1Password https://...
Weekly Update 420
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the Utah desert edition with Charlotte! We’re talking about what we’ve been talking about with governments and law enforcement agencies on ...
Weekly Update 419
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US Travel Updates; Cloudflare and Pwned Passwords; Cloudflare and security.txt; HIBP’s Massive Edge Caching Project; Sponsored by Lithnet https://ww...
Weekly Update 418
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
North America Travels; This Week’s Data Breaches; Exploding Pagers Isn’t (Directly) a Cyber Security Story; The Magic of 3D Printing; Sponsored by...
Weekly Update 417
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making sense of the noise: Tracking, indexing and cataloguing data breaches; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-417/See omn...
Weekly Update 416
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a quiet week, so ask me anything on: data breaches, 3D printing, home automation, Australia, cars, anything else?; Sponsored by Report URI http...
Weekly Update 415
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Telegram and Platform Content Responsibility; The Trouble with Procurement Departments; The HIBP North America Tour; A Week in Breaches; Sponsored by ...
Weekly Update 414
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have I Been Pwned Now Has an Employee; MSpy’s Takedown Request to FlokiNET; The Tracki Breach; Begging for Bounties; Sponsored by 1Password https://...
Weekly Update 413
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Massive National Public Data Breach; FlightAware Breach; Other HIBP Breaches: LuLu, Shadow, LDLC, Chris Leong; Sponsored by SentinelOne https://ww...
Weekly Update 412
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fiji Travels; Logitech MX Master 3S Mouse; The ShoeZone Breach; Breached Then Breached Again: The Not SOCRadar Breach; Sponsored by 1Password https://...
Weekly Update 411
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Aussie Cyber Security Act; Breaches of the Week: Spytech, Ubook, AnimeLeague; Begging for Bounties and Info Stealer Logs; Sponsored by 1Password h...
Weekly Update 410
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
USA Travels; Never Ask For Help with Your Mouse; The CrowdStrike Debacle; Microsoft MVP Award Number 14; Sponsored by Automox https://www.troyhunt.com...
Weekly Update 409
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Canberra Travels and Data Breach Victim Notifications; The Have I Been Pwned Challenge Coin; The Massive mSpy Breach; Sponsored by 1Password https://w...
Weekly Update 408
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Junk RockYou2024 Password List; The Junk 9.4GB Twitter Breach; The Real Neiman Marcus Breach; The Real Heritage Foundation Breach; Sponsored by 1P...
Weekly Update 407
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
JFrog Webinar; Big Bank Cyber Warfare; AI Can’t Count; Disclosure Notices Galore; The State of Data Breaches, Part 2; Sponsored by Report URI https:...
Weekly Update 406
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Home, Sweet Home; Entrust Distrusted; The Snowflake Situation; Ticketek Breach; Neiman Marcus Breach; The State of Data Breaches; Sponsored by Push Se...
Weekly Update 405
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greece Travels; Copytrack Can’t Coinhive; Zadig & Voltaire Data Breach; Kaspersky Banned From the US; Sponsored by Push Security https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 404
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m Back in Norway; NDC Oslo 2024; Disappearing Luggage AirTags; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-404/See omnystudio.co...
Weekly Update 403
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s NDC Oslo Time; Snowflake Breach… or Not; The Telegram Combolists; Sponsored by 1Password https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-403/See omnys...
Weekly Update 402
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
pcTattletale is Dead; Operation Endgame; The Ginormous Ticketmaster Breach; Popular Hacking Forum Resurrected; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.tro...
Weekly Update 401
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
3D Printing Talk Countdown; AusCERT on the Gold Coast; Phishing Attacks Uptick; Have I Been Pwned Employee 1.0; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.tr...
Weekly Update 400
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Post Millennial Breach got Bigger; BreachForums is Dead (Again); Playing with ChatGPT 4o; Sponsored by Kolide https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-upda...
Weekly Update 399
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LockBitSupp Pwned; Dell Data Breach; Tappware Data Breach; The Post Millennial Breach; Sponsored by Kolide https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-399/...
Weekly Update 398
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Outabox and NSW Clubs Blackmail Breach; Qantas’ Inadvertant Breach; The Bandcamp Passwords That Weren’t; Sponsored by Report URI https://www.troyh...
Weekly Update 397
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
T2 Breach; Piping Rock Breach; Lufthansa and Getting Prawned; CommBank and Password Managers; ANZ Bank Password Rotation; Sponsored by Report URI http...
Weekly Update 396
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roku Credential Stuffing Mandates 2FA; Le Slip Français Data Breach; More Data Breaches Than You Can Shake a Stick At; Sponsored by Report URI https:...