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https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15908485/massive-leak-email-passwords-exposed.html

Millions of online accounts may be at risk after a massive
trove of stolen login credentials surfaced online.

The newly uncovered collection contains more than 56 million
email addresses and 124 million passwords harvested from
infected devices around the world.

The records were added to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), a service
that allows users to check whether their personal information
has been exposed.

Unlike many major leaks, the data did not originate from a
hack targeting a single company or website. Instead, the
credentials were pulled directly from computers compromised
by so-called infostealer malware.

These malicious programs quietly scour infected devices for
saved passwords, browser data, cookies and other sensitive
information before sending it back to cybercriminals.

HIBP said the dataset was compiled from hundreds of millions
of individual stealer logs, resulting in 56.3 million unique
email addresses and 124 million unique passwords.

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Oh ... just WOW !!!

Hey folks, looks like "online"/ANY "security" is now just
a big joke. You WILL be victimized big time. The more
places you have info, the faster.

Gonna say something people/biz DON'T want to hear - time
for ALL NEW, longer, Govt/etc ID numbers. For the USA that
even includes Social Security and Medicare and Licence
numbers. NOT a trivial change at all - will be HATED - but HAS
to be done and REALLY FAST. We're talking personal and PAPER
contact to ensure you are you. For those over 65 (including me)
this will be especially difficult. Still ...

Hell, thinking, can't even remember where my Dad was born ...
never knew that much about that half of the fam. This is
typical as years/decades go by. Wherever Dad came from it
was long ago absorbed by Chicago, not even a place anymore.

As for those who PROMISE to "protect you" ... be VERY dubious.

Then SUE SUE SUE if they screw it up. MIGHT get some of yer
money back from Vlad and Xi.

Might.

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