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16B passwords from Apple, Facebook, Google and more leaked (the-independent.com)
16 points by rakibtg 358 days ago
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johnnypangs 357 days ago
Seems like there is more context on this that this article misses: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/no-16-billion-pass...
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trod1234 356 days ago
This is the natural consequence of what happens when you fail to enforce security liability on device manufacturers. Two+ decades of insecure IOT devices network connected that enable this type of collection, and other bad bad things.
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Executor 357 days ago
Plaintext or hashes?
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free_bip 357 days ago
According to the original source (linked in the article), the credentials are plaintext from infostealing malware, not centralized breaches.
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