Biggest hacker attack: 16 billion passwords leaked, Apple-Google users at risk

16 billion passwords and login credentials of Apple, Facebook, Google and many other companies have been leaked. This is considered the largest leak in database history. Earlier in May, it was claimed that more than 184 million passwords have been leaked. Cybersecurity researchers say that the work of many groups is believed to be behind such a large-scale password leak. Experts say that this widespread leak can be misused. It can also be used to log in to people’s bank accounts and other financial accounts. Most of the leaked data is in URL format. After this are logins and passwords. This can be used to hack any online service from Apple, Facebook, Google to various government applications. According to experts, data on this scale may have been stolen from many infostealing malware. Cybercriminals often use this malware and sell passwords and information on the dark web. The researchers also contacted a host provider that was storing millions of passwords in text files.

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