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Use the "passwords" feature to check if one of yours is compromised. If it shows up, never ever reuse those credentials. They'll be baked into thousands of botnets etc. and be forevermore part of automated break-in attempts until one randomly succeeds.

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Yeah gotta make sure you never use the same password in multiple places, use a password manager.

[–] SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol 2 points 2 days ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there any info regarding how old this data is?

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

The breach occurred in April 2025.

During 2025, the threat-intelligence firm Synthient aggregated 2 billion unique email addresses disclosed in credential-stuffing lists found across multiple malicious internet sources. Comprised of email addresses and passwords from previous data breaches, these lists are used by attackers to compromise other, unrelated accounts of victims who have reused their passwords. The data also included 1.3 billion unique passwords, which are now searchable in Pwned Passwords. Working to turn breached data into awareness, Synthient partnered with HIBP to help victims of cybercrime understand their exposure.

This was added to Have I Been Pwned on Nov 6

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