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Mega breach of 16B passwords raises crypto security fears (cointelegraph.com)
5 points by pknerd on June 19, 2025 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Stop spamming the same fake news.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44370065



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?


I'm guessing browser credentials harvested by multiple malware infections since there are several independent datasets. Since browser cookies and URLs are present, it seems unlikely this is from a single service or password manager being breached.




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