Big Changes are Afoot: Expanding and Enhancing the Have I Been Pwned API
Just over 3 years ago now, I sat down at a makeshift desk (ok, so it was a kitchen table) in an Airbnb in Olso and built the authenticated API for Have I Been Pwned [https://www.troyhunt.com/authentication-and-the-have-i-been-pwned-api/] (HIBP). As I explained at the time, the primary goal was to combat abuse of the service and by adding the need to supply a credit card, my theory was that the bad guys would be very reluctant to, well, be bad guys. The theory checked out, and now with the benefi...