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Title: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Coach is Back! on June 19, 2025, 12:39:13 PM
What could go wrong?

16 BILLION PASSWORDS LEAKED: APPLE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK USERS EXPOSED

What’s being called the largest password leak in history has just been confirmed: 16 billion login credentials, many from major platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, and more, are now exposed and circulating.

Researchers say the leak comes from 30 separate datasets, most of it new, not recycled.

And it’s not just usernames and passwords... URLs, emails, and full login sequences are included.

This isn’t just a breach. It’s a blueprint for mass phishing, account takeovers, and digital identity theft at global scale.

“This is fresh, weaponizable intelligence at scale,” said researchers.
And it’s live now.

Act fast. Stay ahead. Or get locked out.

Source: Forbes, CyberNews
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: That_Dude on June 19, 2025, 01:08:27 PM
Thank God getbig login info remains secure  ;D
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Coach is Back! on June 19, 2025, 01:48:57 PM
Thank God getbig login info remains secure  ;D

😂
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: IroNat on June 19, 2025, 01:54:39 PM
Thanks, Coach!

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Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: obsidian on June 19, 2025, 02:30:19 PM
Thank God getbig login info remains secure  ;D
lmao!
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: obsidian on June 19, 2025, 02:31:05 PM
I have so many accounts and passwords. Can they provide a list so we know who is affected?
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: tacobender on June 19, 2025, 07:29:22 PM
I have so many accounts and passwords. Can they provide a list so we know who is affected?
agreed
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: On_Swole on June 19, 2025, 07:58:33 PM
What could go wrong?

16 BILLION PASSWORDS LEAKED: APPLE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK USERS EXPOSED

What’s being called the largest password leak in history has just been confirmed: 16 billion login credentials, many from major platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, and more, are now exposed and circulating.

Researchers say the leak comes from 30 separate datasets, most of it new, not recycled.

And it’s not just usernames and passwords... URLs, emails, and full login sequences are included.

This isn’t just a breach. It’s a blueprint for mass phishing, account takeovers, and digital identity theft at global scale.

“This is fresh, weaponizable intelligence at scale,” said researchers.
And it’s live now.

Act fast. Stay ahead. Or get locked out.

Source: Forbes, CyberNews

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/

Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 08:45:39 PM
Who here changes their passwords frequently or semi-frequently? I don't, although my antivirus informs me my passwords leaked :D

If you have different passwords everywhere, how do you remember them all? Anyone use a password generator? I don't sell stuff on the darknet so I'm not paranoid :D
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 19, 2025, 10:10:22 PM
So I have a chance of one in 16 billion that they are going to hack my email account?

The chance of getting murdered or winning the jackpot is way higher
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Marvin Martian on June 19, 2025, 10:36:10 PM
Who here changes their passwords frequently or semi-frequently? I don't, although my antivirus informs me my passwords leaked :D

If you have different passwords everywhere, how do you remember them all? Anyone use a password generator? I don't sell stuff on the darknet so I'm not paranoid :D

I definitely don’t. My wife has a pretty important job in finance and she has passwords to a shit ton of government / state / banking sites that she has to have lo gin and password. I’m pretty sure she changes each of them every other month. She has a pretty good system - but there is no freaking way I would have that kind of dedication
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: affeman on June 19, 2025, 11:40:55 PM
My E-Mail (Outlook) got hacked like 2 years ago, my Facebook got hacked like 3 years ago - who gives a flying f*ck, just make a new account and tell everyone.

On all banking and governmental stuff I got 2FA anyways, so they can't do sh*t.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 20, 2025, 12:01:05 AM
So I have a chance of one in 16 billion that they are going to hack my email account?

The chance of getting murdered or winning the jackpot is way higher
Yeah, most have nothing to worry about. It still sucks though.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 20, 2025, 10:09:20 AM
Who here changes their passwords frequently or semi-frequently? I don't, although my antivirus informs me my passwords leaked :D

If you have different passwords everywhere, how do you remember them all? Anyone use a password generator? I don't sell stuff on the darknet so I'm not paranoid :D

I use the same password on pretty much everything. I have never had a problem. Too much effort to remember more than one.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 20, 2025, 01:22:33 PM
I use the same password on pretty much everything. I have never had a problem. Too much effort to remember more than one.

I do slightly different everywhere, then when I want to log in I have to change it and make a new one, what a pain in the ass. I do have a notebook where I tried to write down my passes but too lazy most of the time :D
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 21, 2025, 12:32:41 AM
I use the same password on pretty much everything. I have never had a problem. Too much effort to remember more than one.
My Chromebook chooses them for me.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Raymondo on June 21, 2025, 07:20:09 AM
To check if you have been compromised

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: chaos on June 21, 2025, 07:25:10 AM
I do slightly different everywhere, then when I want to log in I have to change it and make a new one, what a pain in the ass. I do have a notebook where I tried to write down my passes but too lazy most of the time :D
I use the notebook as well, there is a massive list of websites, user names and passwords to remember between personal an work accounts.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 22, 2025, 12:18:42 AM
To check if you have been compromised

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
With 16 billion I'm guessing we've all been.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: Coach is Back! on June 22, 2025, 09:41:00 AM
At the shop the programs and our personal laptop used are all 2FA
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: J. Richards on June 22, 2025, 12:04:06 PM
At the shop the programs and our personal laptop used are all 2FA

yep, common sense there... better safe than sorry.. 
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: obsidian on June 22, 2025, 01:58:52 PM
To check if you have been compromised

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Thanks for the link. My email passwords are never the same as sites that I logged onto. I quickly checked my main email and it was "compromised" three times the past few years. But I think it was just a third party hack of mobile or merchant sites.

Let's say your email is: johndoe@gmail.com, and password 12345678
You create an account on Netflix with the exact same email and password.
Netflix is hacked.
The first thing the hacker will do is try that password on gmail. Once they get in, they change the password and security questions along with date of birth etc. to lock you out of your account. So it is not a good idea to use the same password everywhere. I save passwords in ewallet. But I am also lazy and save some passwords in Chrome because it is so convenient. That is very insecure of course.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: obsidian on June 22, 2025, 02:01:19 PM
I will probably start changing passwords of my accounts 1 by 1. Will have to keep track of what I changed so I don't do it twice.
Title: Re: 16 Billion Passwords Leaked
Post by: GymnJuice on June 23, 2025, 04:17:17 AM
Thanks for the link. My email passwords are never the same as sites that I logged onto. I quickly checked my main email and it was "compromised" three times the past few years. But I think it was just a third party hack of mobile or merchant sites.

Let's say your email is: johndoe@gmail.com, and password 12345678
You create an account on Netflix with the exact same email and password.
Netflix is hacked.
The first thing the hacker will do is try that password on gmail. Once they get in, they change the password and security questions along with date of birth etc. to lock you out of your account. So it is not a good idea to use the same password everywhere. I save passwords in ewallet. But I am also lazy and save some passwords in Chrome because it is so convenient. That is very insecure of course.