Hunt acquired the dump and carried out the analysis, although its huge size caused certain technical difficulties due to exceeding the 32-bit value. The giant archive contains 2,692,818,238 entries with email addresses and passwords. But never before have such a huge base been put up for sale as the current Collection #1. Troy Hunt monitors hacker forums, buys databases that are put up for sale, sometimes these databases are sent to him for free.
Anyone can check their email for leakage. For several years now, Troy Hunt, a renowned security professional, has been supporting the site Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) with millions of records of stolen accounts.
