The file was left entirely unprotected - no encryption, no password, no safeguards - just a plain text document holding ...

Bob Diachenko and his team at Cybernews made a big claim about a massive data breach discovery. They said they had found 16 ...

Cybersecurity alert: 16 billion passwords exposed in massive credential database affecting major platforms. Protect your ...

The College of New Caledonia in Prince George is warning students of a data breach, but cybersecurity experts say colleges ...

Researchers discovered a leak of 16 billion stolen passwords involving platforms like Apple, Gmail, and Facebook. Learn how to protect your accounts.

A massive 16 billion login credentials have been exposed in one of the larget data breaches in history, with datasets from Apple, Google, Facebook and more being compromised. A Cybernews report ...

The most common password length is eight to 10 characters, and a significant portion contains only lowercase letters and digits, making passwords vulnerable to brute-force attacks. Compared to just 1 ...

Data breaches hit *** near record in 2024. The latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center showing there were 3,158 data breaches and compromises in 2024, prompting 1.35 billion victim ...

Weak passwords remain a primary vulnerability in cybersecurity, with over 80% of data breaches linked to compromised ...

Is there a way to know if your passwords are part of the latest massive data breach? Luckily, yes. Here are a few ways to find out.

Data breaches have delivered so many passwords, birthdates and Social Security numbers to the dark web, the whole idea of protecting your identity might feel like a lost cause.

The original source of the report, Cybernews, says that since the start of the year, its researchers have “discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records ...