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16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now (www.forbes.com)
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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

What is this article? Besides terrible, I mean. This article is terrible.

First of all, this isn't a new leak. It's not even a combination of old leaks. It's just somebody noticing that a bunch of leaks existed and did an Excel Sum operation on the passwords on them.

According to Vilius Petkauskas at Cybernews, whose researchers have been investigating the leakage since the start of the year, “30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each,” have been discovered. In total, Petkauskas has confirmed, the number of compromised records has now hit 16 billion. Let that sink in for a bit.

And to add insult to injury, the article has this gem:

Is This The GOAT When It Comes To Passwords Leaking?

Password compromise is no joke.

Certainly not with writing like this.

[–] ladfrombrad 6 points 5 days ago

Clickbait from Forbes, with not a single mention of 2FA/Two Factor Auth?

https://files.catbox.moe/n4627i.jpg

Colour me not surprised.

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