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16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now (www.forbes.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 52 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.

Does anyone have any links to something more credible?

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The article is full of typos, too.

Who let this dreck out the door? Did Forbes lay off all their editors or what?

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Editing costs money.

AI is cheap.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AI doesn't make typos

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those have all been replaced with em dashes (—)

[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Check the quotes too: ' vs ʼ

AI will use the curved one, human type the straight one.

Also for the doubled one: " vs ”...

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Forbes has been a blog site for years.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago

https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers.

[–] mrbutterscotch@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

I thought so too, haven't heard anything from the companies in question either.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Might be a bit early for a better source. I decided to share because if it is true its important to get it on peoples radar.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

This appears to just be a compilation of other leaks: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/

Still not a bad idea to change passwords and make sure MFA is enabled.