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by entropie 391 days ago
Its in the article

> Based on his analysis, Fowler determined the data was captured by some kind of infostealer malware. A popular tool used by cybercriminals, an infostealer is designed to grab usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data from breached sites and servers.

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>from breached sites and servers.

That part is just incorrect and doesn't make any sense. Infostealers typically grab the credentials that a victim of a malware has saved in browser password managers.