from Hacker News

Mega breach of 16B passwords raises crypto security fears

by pknerd on 6/19/25, 5:16 PM with 3 comments

• by tart-lemonade on 6/19/25, 6:40 PM

  Original source: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-...

• by BruceEel on 6/19/25, 5:47 PM

  This is creating a lot of noise on X. Very thin on actual info. Are the passwords coming from a breach (surely Google, Apple, Fb, wouldn't be storing clear txt passwords?), or phishing? Malware-infected devices?