Massive Data Breach - Apple, Facebook, Google passwords exposed in historic data leak

[batwise]

In one of the largest data breaches in history, cybersecurity researchers have confirmed the leak of 16 billion login credentials, including passwords. The information leak can open the door to "pretty much any online service imaginable, from Apple, Facebook, and Google, to GitHub, Telegram, and various government services", according to a report in Forbes.

• 16 Billion Credentials Leaked

Cybernews researchers uncovered 30 freshly exposed datasets—with sizes ranging from tens of millions to up to 3.5 billion records each—totaling about 16 billion unique login/password pairs (news.com.au).

• Wide Platform Impact​

Leaked data includes credentials for leading platforms such as Apple, Facebook, Google, GitHub, Telegram, along with VPN services, corporate networks, and even government accounts (news.com.au).

• “Blueprint for Mass Exploitation”​

Researchers warn this isn’t recycled data—it’s new, structured, weaponizable intelligence ready to be used in phishing, credential stuffing, account takeovers, and business email compromise (BEC) (news.com.au).

• Expert Recommendations​

Security agencies (Google, FBI) and experts advise that everyone should:

• Change passwords immediately
• Stop reusing passwords across sites
• Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) or passkeys
• Use a password manager
• Watch for phishing and suspicious activity (news.com.au, m.economictimes.com)

• What Happened?​

The data stems from infostealer malware that plundered credentials from infected devices, then stored them on unsecured databases (e.g., open Elasticsearch servers) before they were briefly discovered by researchers (news.com.au).

• Why It Matters​

• This is the largest known credential breach in history "?"
• Exposes nearly two accounts for every person on Earth
• Could lead to a wave of phishing, fraud, identity theft, and crypto theft (tomshardware.com)

Take Action Now!​

1. Change passwords immediately, especially for sensitive accounts
2. Use unique, strong passwords stored in a trusted manager
3. Turn on MFA/passkeys where supported
4. Stay alert for phishing and review your login activity

• news.com.au

 

[gnilukshi]

උනුත් password ස්ටෝ කරලා තියෙන්නේ plain text ද?

Combank එකට බැනලා වැඩක් නෑ එහෙනම්

 

[ruwanwellarocker]

where can I find the data base.. not available in dark web too.

 

[gnilukshi]

ඔය හැම එකාම එකපාරටම ලීක් කරගන්න විදිහක් නෑ නේ.

Password manager service එකක් ලීක් කරගෙන ද?

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[batwise]

ඔය හැම එකාම එකපාරටම ලීක් කරගන්න විදිහක් නෑ නේ.

Password manager service එකක් ලීක් කරගෙන ද?

Because millions of people:

• Save passwords in browsers without encryption
• Reuse the same passwords across many sites
• Get infected by malware without realizing

kyala kyanne..

infostealer malwares use karala kara kyala kyanne. masterpassword ekk ekka use karana pss manager ekk use wenawa nan awlk na mn hitannne ..

 

[Reincarnator]

 

[Stimulus mind]

AI මගුල නිසා ඉස්සරහට ඔයිට වඩා ලොකු කේස් වේවි. අපේ අයත් රැල්ලට වගේ ඉවක් බවක් නැතුව දැන් ඕවා යූස් කරාට තව වැඩි කලක් යන්න කලින් ඕකෙ නියම ප්‍රතිඵල බලාගන්න පුළුවන් වෙයි බොහෝදුරට. AI vlogging වීඩියෝස් එහෙම YT එකේ දැක්කොත් මං නම් කෙලින්ම "don't recommend this channel" දෙනවා.

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[හෙළයෙක්]

මේ කලින් එකතු වෙලා තියෙන ඒව ඔක්කොම එකකට එකතු කරලා ශෙයා කරපු එකක් නෙ.

කෝම උනත් කළු මිට්ටන්ට මොන data security ද

 

[Absolute Zero]

Dhanika bro leak Kara nm Kamak na kiyathaki uu ape heal Yakka puthek hinda.

 

[Troop]

infostealer malware ekakin nam data steal karala thiyenne. infected device ekakin password change karala wadak thiyenawada.

 

[batwise]

AI vlogging වීඩියෝස් එහෙම YT එකේ දැක්කොත් මං නම් කෙලින්ම "don't recommend this channel" දෙනවා.

Apo ow. Math

infostealer malware ekakin nam data steal karala thiyenne. infected device ekakin password change karala wadak thiyenawada.

Ow. Ehema wdkt na. Check karala inna wenawa.

Me @හෙළයෙක් කිව්වා වගේ වෙච්ච එකක්.