16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31677799
16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
As 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked, is it time to switch from passwords to passkeys?
Forbes (www.forbes.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31677799
16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
As 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked, is it time to switch from passwords to passkeys?
Forbes (www.forbes.com)
There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
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There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
The article is full of typos, too.
Who let this dreck out the door? Did Forbes lay off all their editors or what?
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There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
I thought so too, haven't heard anything from the companies in question either.
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The article is full of typos, too.
Who let this dreck out the door? Did Forbes lay off all their editors or what?
Editing costs money.
AI is cheap.
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There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
Might be a bit early for a better source. I decided to share because if it is true its important to get it on peoples radar.
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There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers.
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Editing costs money.
AI is cheap.
AI doesn't make typos
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AI doesn't make typos
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There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
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The article is full of typos, too.
Who let this dreck out the door? Did Forbes lay off all their editors or what?
Yes. Forbes has been a blog site for years.
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Those have all been replaced with em dashes (
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AI will use the curved one, human type the straight one.
Also for the doubled one: " vs ”...
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31677799
16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
As 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked, is it time to switch from passwords to passkeys?
Forbes (www.forbes.com)
This appears to just be a compilation of other leaks: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/
Still not a bad idea to change passwords and make sure MFA is enabled.
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