Nearly 10 billion passwords leaked in what may be biggest dataset of its kind ever

Passwords Leaked: Hackers post file with 1,000 crore passwords online in biggest cyber security breach yet

Passwords Leaked: The compilation file posted on an online hacking forum on July 4, included old and new password breaches, and is the largest such leak yet.

A hacker posted nearly 10 billion passwords online- likely the biggest leak ever

This could be the largest such compilation of leaked passwords ever and the file contains passwords compromised in both recent and old data breaches.

Billions of passwords leaked in ‘largest ever’ breach

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Nearly 10 billion passwords leaked in what may be biggest dataset of its kind ever

The passwords appeared in one searchable file, increasing the risk of attacks where a user’s password for one account is attempted on other services.

A user on a popular hacker forum, under the alias ObamaCare, posted a file containing 9,948,575,739 unique passwords in plain text. This file, called rockyou2024.txt, was leaked on Thursday, July 4th and contains passwords obtained from new data breaches and previous leaks. CyberNews investigators accessed the file and confirmed it is the largest compilation of leaked passwords on the Internet. When compared to their Password Breach Checker, the…

Hackers leak nearly 10 billion credentials in largest leak in history

In response to the leak, they recommend immediately changing the passwords for any accounts associated with the leaked credentials, ensuring each password is strong and unique and not reused.