The exposed records included logins for almost every major online service imaginable. Fowler estimates that around 48 million ...

Whether it’s a substantive danger or just repackaged data that’s nothing new, its presence should yet again raise awareness of the steps everyone should take to keep themselves safe online. And if you ...

With the number of data breaches each year, it can be difficult to understand if your perfect password is still secure. Even if you follow security practices and make a strong and unique password for ...

If you have not checked your credentials lately, now is the time. A staggering 1.3 billion unique passwords and 2 billion unique email addresses surfaced online. This event is one of the largest ...

There's no denying that Google's software products have become an indispensable part of people's everyday lives. The company's email service — Gmail — started as an April Fool's Day joke, but has been ...

A dataset of 2 billion email addresses and 1.3 billion passwords have been discovered online — leaving millions of people vulnerable to account takeovers. The dataset, compiled by security ...

I reported on a data leak earlier this year that included a whopping 184,162,718 passwords and logins affecting the likes of Apple, Facebook and Instagram users. That data leak was disclosed on May 22 ...