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This is likely the biggest password leak ever: nearly 10 billion credentials exposed
The 'RockYou2024' leak could give hackers a huge upper hand.
On July 4, a newly registered user on a popular hacking forum posted a file containing nearly 10 billion compromised passwords in plaintext. Hackers commonly use automated scripts when carrying out a brute force attack, which enables them to try out a slew of passwords within a short period of time. In fact, the hacker forum user "ObamaCare" claims they used that older list and updated it with newer password leak data from over the past three years.
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