“Nearly 10 billion passwords leaked in what may be biggest dataset of its kind ever”
July 10, 2024
“A file containing about 10 billion individual passwords was posted on an online hacking forum in what could be the largest such compilation of leaked passwords ever. The file was posted on July 4, and contains passwords compromised in both recent and old data breaches all over the world.
So many passwords available to hackers increases the likelihood of credential stuffing attacks, where one compromised password used for a user’s account can be reused by a hacker to break into another account. The list’s discovery is a reminder to use unique, strong passwords for each account in a person’s name…”
All your passwords should be different. I know it’s a pain but this stops cyber theft. Let me add this. I think this is a governments doing. First of all any person that created this post should go directly to jail. Internet service providers know who does what. Also I doubt many countries would put up with something like this. Therefore it should be easy for countries to corporate and jail said criminals.