06/20/2025
Update, June 20, 2025: This story, originally published on June 18, has been updated to include details of how to switch from passwords to the much more secure passkey technology if you are an Apple, Facebook or Google user. There is now also additional input from cybersecurity professionals regarding the 16 billion credentials mega leak.
If you thought that my May 23 report, confirming the leak of login data totaling an astonishing 184 million compromised credentials, was frightening, I hope you are sitting down now. Researchers have just confirmed what could be the largest leak ever, with an almost incredulous 16 billion login credentials, including passwords, exposed. As part of an ongoing investigation that started at the beginning of the year, the researchers have postulated that the massive password leak is the work of multiple infostealers. Here’s what you need to know and do.
