Mega breach of 16B passwords raises crypto security fears
5 points by pknerd 2 weeks ago | 4 comments- baobun 1 week agoStop spamming the same fake news.
- tart-lemonade 2 weeks agoOriginal source: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-...
- BruceEel 2 weeks agoThis is creating a lot of noise on X. Very thin on actual info. Are the passwords coming from a breach (surely Google, Apple, Fb, wouldn't be storing clear txt passwords?), or phishing? Malware-infected devices?
- tart-lemonade 2 weeks agoI'm guessing browser credentials harvested by multiple malware infections since there are several independent datasets. Since browser cookies and URLs are present, it seems unlikely this is from a single service or password manager being breached.
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