16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked (opens in new tab)

(the-independent.com)

16 pointsrakibtg1y ago4 comments

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Executor1y ago· 1 in thread

Plaintext or hashes?

According to the original source (linked in the article), the credentials are plaintext from infostealing malware, not centralized breaches.

johnnypangs1y ago

Seems like there is more context on this that this article misses: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/no-16-billion-pass...

trod12341y ago

This 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.

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