"Sorry ‘cyberwarrior’, your password is pwned along with 320m others"

Troy Hunt, a security researcher, has developed a new tool to help people discover if their current or older passwords have been compromised in data breaches. This tool by the name of “Pwned Passwords” is website that allows users to enter a password to see if it is included within a database of 320 million breached passwords. These passwords come from major data dumps of online services such as LinkedIn, Myspace, and Adobe. This article further discusses this tool, along with how it could improve upon password creation and use. 

Wired UK reports "Sorry ‘cyberwarrior’, your password is pwned along with 320m others"