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,

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A staggering 16 billion passwords have been leaked across multiple platforms, including Apple, Facebook and Google in what tech experts are calling the largest data breach in history.

The spyware operation's exposed customer email addresses and passwords were shared with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.

Major cyberattacks in 2025 so far have included the Microsoft SharePoint Server “ToolShell” attacks, the ransomware attack against IT distributor Ingram Micro and a series of Scattered Spider attacks targeting numerous industries.

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.

Google has suspended the Firebase account of Catwatchful following a TechCrunch investigation. The spyware operation was caught using Google's own servers to host and run its surveillance app, which was stealthily monitoring thousands of people's phones.