Have I Been Pwned

Here’s a fun little project that lets you check offline if your password has been pwned. Download the SHA-1 password database here and name it pwned-passwords-sha1-ordered-by-count-v6.txt. Then copy the following text into a BeenPwned.sh file in the same directory as the password hash that was downloaded. When run it will prompt for “Password to search:”. Type in a password and press enter. The script will hash the password you typed and check the hash agains the database....

October 26, 2020 · 1 min · Jason E. Burrows