Full CoverageUrgent alarm issued after ‘mother of all data breaches’ sees 16 billion passwords exposed — do this ASAP
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Kaspersky
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🚨 URGENT: 16 BILLION passwords leaked!
If you use Google, Apple, Facebook, or Telegram—your login could be in hackers’ hands. TAKE ACTION NOW!
✅ Change passwords IMMEDIATELY
✅ Use a password manager (like Kaspersky) for strong, unique passwords
✅ Turn on 2FA—hackers can’t pic.x.com/yvU1ilNVrS
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Troy Hunt
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Well, that explains the traffic: 2.46M visitors to Have I Been Pwned in 24 hours, mostly from Google searches. The inbound traffic is near unprecedented, with only the Collection 1 credential stuffing list in Jan 2019 and the Facebook scrape in April 2021 coming close. pic.x.com/li7qvfy9tk
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Troy Hunt
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One million visitors to Have I Been Pwned in half a day. The “16B” breached records headlines are driving a lot of traffic, especially given we haven’t actually loaded any data! pic.x.com/gMMQIdQrqe
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Keeper Security
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#ICYMI: 16 billion credentials leaked across Apple, Google, Facebook and more.
Our CEO and Co-Founder Darren Guccione explained to @Forbes what victims need to know. If your data has been exposed, take action now ➡️ bit.ly/44afU0G.
#KeeperSecurity #Cybersecurity
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