14 Facts About Troy Hunt

Troy Adam Hunt is an Australian web security consultant known for public education and outreach on security topics.

Troy Hunt has authored several popular security-related courses on Pluralsight, and regularly presents keynotes and workshops on security topics.

Troy Hunt created ASafaWeb, a tool that formerly performed automated security analysis on ASP.

Troy Hunt criticized the company for doing a poor job informing its userbase.

Troy Hunt later removed the VTech breach from the database, stating that only two people besides himself had access to the data and wishing to reduce the chance of its spread.

In February 2017 Troy Hunt published details of vulnerabilities in the Internet-connected children's toy, CloudPets, which had allowed access to 820,000 user records as well as 2.2 million audio files belonging to those users.

In November 2017 Troy Hunt testified before the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce about the impact of data breaches.

Also in November 2017 Troy Hunt joined Report URI, a project which allows real-time monitoring of CSP and HPKP violations on a website.

Troy Hunt planned to bring funding and his expertise to the project.

Troy Hunt is known for his efforts in security education for computer and IT professionals.

Troy Hunt has created several dozen courses on Pluralsight, an online education and training website for computer and creative professionals.

Troy Hunt is one of the primary course authors for Pluralsight's Ethical Hacking path, a collection of courses designed for the Certified Ethical Hacker certification.

On 24th March 2025, Troy Hunt was targeted via a simple phishing campaign that hijacked his Mailchimp credentials.

Troy Hunt discovered that his credentials were stolen after Mailchimp restricted his account due to reports of spam.