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16 billion Google, Apple and other passwords leaked in record data breach: What you need to know
Researchers claim that the ill-gotten intel could potentially grant cybercriminals access to “pretty much any online service imaginable.”
Cybernews researcher Vilius Petkauskas, whose team has been investigating the online theft since the beginning of the year, told Forbes that the breach comprised “30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.” According to Lawrence Pingree, a vice president at the security firm Dispersive, bad actors accumulate compendia of stolen credentials on the “dark web,” offering thieves the chance to purchase the pilfered info and use it for identity theft, fraud and blackmail. Darren Guccione, the CEO and co-founder of access management site Keeper Security, told Forbes that the leak illustrates “just how easy it is for sensitive data to be unintentionally exposed online.”
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