16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
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16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
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Re: 16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
#2Plaintext or hashes?
Re: 16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
#3Plaintext or hashes?
According to the original source (linked in the article), the credentials are plaintext from infostealing malware, not centralized breaches.
Re: 16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
#4Seems like there is more context on this that this article misses: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/no-16-billion-pass...
Re: 16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked
#5This 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.