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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.
  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    151·
    5 days ago

    It indicates a pause, and a separation of the two objects in the sentence. It is a subtly different sentence than “Have I been Pwned owner Pwned”, and is clearer with greater emphasis on what happened.

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      42·
      5 days ago

      wouldn’t it be clearer with

      • “Have I Been Pwned” owner pwned.

      • Owner of “Have I Been Pwned” pwned.

      ?

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      66·
      5 days 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

        • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          5 days 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