16B Apple, Facebook, Google passwords leaked in largest data breach

by vednig on 6/19/2025, 6:48:52 PM with 15 comments

  • by CyberMacGyver on 6/19/2025, 7:53:16 PM

    These are just recycled passwords from previous breaches. Every few weeks someone finds a largest data breach and it’s just a combo list of old stealer logs

  • by atypeoferror on 6/19/2025, 8:07:11 PM

    They clearly had enough access to capture and spot-check some of this data against previous leaks. The fact that this is not mentioned doesn’t inspire much faith in this being something new and newsworthy.

  • by esaym on 6/19/2025, 6:57:56 PM

    I'm pretty sure Facebook and Google passwords are going to be hashed right?

  • by esafak on 6/19/2025, 7:37:26 PM

    Source: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-...

    "Our team has been closely monitoring the web since the beginning of the year. So far, they’ve discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each. In total, the researchers uncovered an unimaginable 16 billion records. ... Most of the datasets were temporarily accessible through unsecured Elasticsearch or object storage instances."

  • by brailsafe on 6/19/2025, 7:57:30 PM

    Pretty sure this is not new, details seem awfully sparse, articles being recycled