On: I'm Joining Report URI

[throwaway613834]

> after reaching "darknet" (meaning black market)

> with current respect/reputation he gets access to new ones pretty fast, informing you instantly in most cases

So he has the respect of (street cred with?) the dark net/black market folks and that's how he gets them instantly? Or I suspect you meant to say something slightly different?

[NKCSS → throwaway613834]

These lists get 'traded' amongst security professionals a lot. Quite a few of them will send Troy a copy to load in to HIBP.

[weinzierl → throwaway613834]

I don't know how he obtains the data, but in [1] he makes a point of never having paid for it.

> I've also never paid for data nor traded any of the breaches I've obtained.

[1] https://www.troyhunt.com/thoughts-on-the-leakedsource-take-d...