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16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now


Change all your account passwords now — don’t wait: 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked.

gettyIf you thought that my May 23 report, confirming the leak of login data totaling an astonishing 184 million compromised credentials, was frightening, I hope you are sitting down now. According to Vilius Petkauskas at Cybernews, whose researchers have been investigating the leakage since the start of the year, “30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each,” have been discovered. “Organisations need to do their part in protecting users,” Javvad Malik, lead security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, said, “and people need to remain vigilant and mindful of any attempts to steal login credentials.

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