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A record 16 billion passwords have been exposed in a massive data breach uncovered by cybersecurity researchers working with Cybernews, according to Vilius Petkauskas.
These credentials weren’t recycled from old hacks or reposted from public breaches. They’re new, undocumented, and highly dangerous.
Petkauskas and his team confirmed they’ve spent months digging through the mess, identifying 30 different datasets, each containing tens of millions to 3.5 billion records.
Every one of those files contains real user login credentials—email addresses, usernames, and passwords—ready to be exploited. The scale is beyond anything seen before. Petkauskas called it the largest ever confirmed dump of stolen access data.
These credentials weren’t recycled from old hacks or reposted from public breaches. They’re new, undocumented, and highly dangerous.
Petkauskas and his team confirmed they’ve spent months digging through the mess, identifying 30 different datasets, each containing tens of millions to 3.5 billion records.
Every one of those files contains real user login credentials—email addresses, usernames, and passwords—ready to be exploited. The scale is beyond anything seen before. Petkauskas called it the largest ever confirmed dump of stolen access data.