More than 16 billion passwords have been leaked online in what researchers are calling the largest amount of breached data in history. This massive exposure, highlighted by the “Cybernews” platform, is raising growing concerns about the security of digital accounts for millions of users worldwide.

On June 18th, researchers reported a major leak that included over 16 billion passwords. These passwords came from a mix of different sources. Many of them were collected through various malware programs installed on people's computers.

Cybernews also claims that the 16 billion number is possibly inflated due to leaks coming from multiple data sets, which means there could be many duplicate records.