Cybersecurity alert: 16 billion passwords exposed in massive credential database affecting major platforms. Protect your accounts with password managers

Bob Diachenko and his team at Cybernews made a big claim about a massive data breach discovery. They said they had found 16 billion exposed passwords sitting in 30 different databases. The passwords exposed are login credentials that people used for Google,

No, Apple itself hasn’t had a big hack where all its user data was stolen at once. What usually happens is that login details for Apple accounts show up in leaks from other companies. This means your Apple password might be exposed if you used the same password on a different website that got hacked.

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Apple and Google users, as well as social media fans should think about changing passwords after a “criminal’s dream” massive data breach compromised more than 184 million passwords online.

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The Brief. A cybersecurity researcher found a mysterious database that was publicly exposed and included more than 184 million passwords. The login information and passwords included Google, Apple ...

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On Friday, June 20, US District Judge Ada Brown granted preliminary approval to the terms of a proposed settlement from AT&T that would resolve two lawsuits related to the data breaches. The current settlement would see AT&T pay $177 million to customers adversely affected by at least one of the two data breaches.