184,162,718 Passwords And Logins Leaked — Apple, Facebook, Snapchat – Forbes

Millions of plaintext passwords found in public database online. getty I seem to have spent a disproportionate amount of my time recently investigating, analyzing and reporting on stolen credentials. At one end of the scale, there was the discovery of 19 billion compromised passwords published to dark web forums, at the other the ridiculously low cost of buying them available to cybercriminals. It’s not all been bad news, though, as I reported May 22, one of the biggest culprits in the password infostealer industry, and that’s most certainly what it is, Lumma Stealer, has just been hit by a global takedown operation headed up by Microsoft’s digital crimes unit. But just as I was on something of a high, I’ve come crashing down to earth with the discovery of, wait for it, 184,162,718 credentials, including passwords and login data, available to anyone online. Yep, a whopping great database packed full of plaintext passwords, email addresses, and usernames all sitting there unprotected, in plaintext, for anyone to use. And it gets even worse when you realize that the likes of Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox and Snapchat credentials were included. Here’s what you need to know. Forbes Chrome Password Update For 3
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