Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned - Hypertext
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A phishing attack managed to fool Troy Hunt into handing over MailChimp credentials.
  • A jetlagged Troy Hunt accidentally clicked a link and logged into an account only to realise he had been phished.
  • Despite reacting quickly, attackers were able to export a mailing list for Hunt’s personal blog.
  • Hunt has detailed the attack and warned his subscribers in a timely fashion.
  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 month ago

    It feels awkward to me. I don’t think it’s grammatically correct. To me, it doesn’t add any clarity, especially when the comma could’ve been the word “got” or something, lol

    • @[email protected]English
      11•1 month ago

      Headlines are generally pretty flexible with grammar, because a good headline is supposed to be terse.

      I think it’s fine.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 month ago

        I think a professional headline would usually just lack the comma there. Headlines typically have weird phrasing (due to their terseness), but they’re generally still grammatically sound.

        I think “HackerNews owner hacked” would be a headline, rather than “HackerNews owner, hacked”.

        “Have I Been Pwned owner pwned” seems to be on par with “Headline English” to me