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16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
- Executor 1y agoPlaintext or hashes?
- free_bip 1y agoAccording to the original source (linked in the article), the credentials are plaintext from infostealing malware, not centralized breaches.
- johnnypangs 1y agoSeems like there is more context on this that this article misses: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/no-16-billion-passwords-didnt-just-get-exposed-in-a-mega-hack-but-you-probably-should-get-with-the-program-and-stop-reusing-passwords-anyways/ https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/no-16-billion-pass...
- trod1234 1y agoThis is the natural consequence of what happens when you fail to enforce security liability on device manufacturers. Two+ decades of insecure IOT devices network connected that enable this type of collection, and other bad bad things.