Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson

Microsoft MVP, Code Wrangler/Chief Iceberg Rider and Employee 1.0 @haveibeenpwned. He/him

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-07-10

Honoured to have been accepted into the Microsoft MVP program for another year! 🥳 #MVPBuzz

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson boosted:
2025-05-19

After a gargantuan effort, the all-new @haveibeenpwned brand and website is now officially live! troyhunt.com/have-i-been-pwned

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-04-27

@troyhunt @kasperd this should be fixed now :)

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson boosted:
Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-04-18

Over 250.000 new passwords are now searchable in the @haveibeenpwned Pwned Passwords API. This data was provided by law enforcement as part of Operation NOVA, an effort to disrupt the LabHost phishing platform. The data also updated counts for over 80.000 existing passwords.

Operation NOVA is a joint law enforcement operation, spanning several countries and law enforcement agencies. You can read the announcement from the RCMP here: rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/04/projec

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-04-18

Over 250.000 new passwords are now searchable in the @haveibeenpwned Pwned Passwords API. This data was provided by law enforcement as part of Operation NOVA, an effort to disrupt the LabHost phishing platform. The data also updated counts for over 80.000 existing passwords.

Operation NOVA is a joint law enforcement operation, spanning several countries and law enforcement agencies. You can read the announcement from the RCMP here: rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/04/projec

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-03-25

At the #MVPSummit and want @haveibeenpwned stickers? You can find them at The Hub in Building 33 :)

Sticker Swap
Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-03-25

@khalidabuhakmeh I have actually been refunded in the past after filing a support ticket admitting my configuration mistake. In my case a deployed a really expensive service and forgot turn it off after using it and after verifying I hadn't actually used it they refunded me.

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-03-25

Was wondering why my blog was seeing increased traffic... turns out Brent Ozar decided to mention my HyperScale blog 😅 brentozar.com/archive/2025/03/

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-03-25

Happy MVP Summit fellow MVPs/RDs! Feel free to stop me in the hallways if you want to get some @haveibeenpwned stickers :) #mvpsummit

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarsonstebets@infosec.exchange
2025-03-19

Azure SQL HyperScale is awesome and works wonders for
@haveibeenpwned. But it isn't perfect. We ran into some issues with how scaling in Azure SQL HyperScale works, so I decided to write a blog post about it.

stebet.net/autoscaling-azure-s

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson boosted:
2024-11-25

Weekly update with @stebets is up! We're talking about the recent @haveibeenpwned architecture updates to cache as much data as we can at @cloudflare. Hear what's awesome, where our woes are and with any luck, even give us some ideas on improvements troyhunt.com/weekly-update-427

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson boosted:
2022-11-20

@Alyzande Not so much a joke, but a way of life…

The Programmers' Credo: we do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy

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