World's largest stolen password database uploaded to criminal forum

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Researchers found the largest password leak ever with 10 billion unique passwords.

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses how this a wake-up call for everyone who uses the internet.

The report revealed that the password file, which was posted on BreachForums criminal underground forum, contained an astonishing 9,948,575,739 unique passwords, all in plain text format.

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Author / Journalist: Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report

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Published On: 2024-07-11 @ 14:00:57 (5 days ago)

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