KarlClinckspoor / PasswordChecker

Uses haveibeenpwned.com API to check if a password was leaked before

PasswordChecker

This is a simple script to send a request to the api from haveibeenpwned.com and check if a password has been leaked before. Inspired by a computerphile video

Usage

python password.py <password1> <password2> ...

Example:

$ python password.py Password1 Password1234
For password Password1 there are 111658 leaks
        Sleeping for 1 seconds...
For password Password1234 there are 3621 leaks
        Sleeping for 1 seconds...

Requirements

Any installation of python probably has these, but just in case:

1. hashlib
2. requests
3. sys