Have I Been Pwned continues to evolve with serverless functions, edge code, and new data storage, making the platform faster and more cost-effective.
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# Weekly Update 495
Source: [https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-495/](https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-495/)
In the beginning, it was simple\. A website, a database and 150M\+ email addresses to search\. Time has added serverless functions \(which run on servers 🤷♂️\), code on the edge, new data storage constructs and a completely different mechanism for even just querying a simple email address\. HIBP is a continually evolving beast, and barely a week goes by that we don't implement code of significance\. You don't always see it out there in the public realm, but the tweaks \- in including the major one I talk about in this week's video \- all add up to make the platform faster, more sustainable and if we do it right, even a bit more cost\-effective to run 😊
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[Weekly update](https://www.troyhunt.com/tag/weekly-update/)
Troy Hunt's weekly update covers a flurry of five data breaches loaded into Have I Been Pwned in just two days, including details on the Odido, KomikoAI, Quitbro, Lovora, and Provecho breaches.
Troy Hunt shares his weekly update on using AI agents like OpenClaw and Claude to automate data breach processing and content management for Have I Been Pwned, highlighting growing reliance on AI tools.
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) announces a major update including passkeys support, k-anonymity searches, significant speed improvements, and a new bulk domain verification API, alongside revised pricing plans for managed service providers.
In this weekly update, Troy Hunt discusses his observations of OpenClaw and the potential of agentic AI to change the world, noting that while much is hyperbolic, he has found useful applications.
Troy Hunt demonstrates how agentic AI can utilize Have I Been Pwned's APIs via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to perform security checks and automate breach monitoring, showing examples with OpenClaw.