11-02-2015 12:16 via feeds.theguardian.com

Security researcher publishes 10m usernames and passwords online

Mark Burnett is putting his database into the public domain to help improve online security, but fears an FBI raid for his actionsYou know what’s cooler than a million passwords? 10m passwords. Although even Facebook-era Sean Parker might raise an eyebrow at said passwords being published online alongside their associated usernames for all to see.That’s what security researcher Mark Burnett has done, though – but his intentions are benign. Burnett has built his database of usernames and pa
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