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

(the-independent.com)

16 pointsrakibtg9mo ago4 comments

4 comments

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

trod12349mo 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.

Executor9mo ago

Plaintext or hashes?

free_bip9mo ago

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

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