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Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches | It includes data from Twitter, Dropbox, and LinkedIn

Cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko, who has uncovered many big data leaks over the years, and the CyberNews team discovered the exposed records.

Researchers have discovered a database composed of stolen user credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) so large that it's been dubbed the mother of all breaches (MOAB). The inclusion of social media pioneer MySpace highlights how old some of these records are, but then plenty of people keep reusing the same email and password combo, enabling hackers to use credential stuffing attacks. "Threat actors could leverage the aggregated data for a wide range of attacks, including identity theft, sophisticated phishing schemes, targeted cyberattacks, and unauthorized access to personal and sensitive accounts," the researchers write.

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