Massive password breach exposes 149 million stolen credentials online, including 48 million Gmail accounts. Learn what happened and protect yourself.

Are your Gmail login credentials amongst the 48 million estimated as exposed in this leak of existing infostealer logs — here's what you need to know.

More than 149 million passwords were exposed in an unsecured database, including logins for social media, streaming services, dating apps, and high-risk ac ...

Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a huge database of credentials spanning financial services, banking, social media, and dating apps ...

Security researchers have discovered what appears to be the largest password leak of all time, containing around 10 billion unique, plain text passwords. The file, titled "rockyou2024.txt," was posted ...

A massive unsecured database exposed 149 million logins, raising concerns over infostealer malware and credential theft.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated July 8 with details of concern over the contents of ...

A massive cache of stolen passwords was found exposed online, affecting millions of users worldwide. Experts warn that reused ...

A security researcher uncovered an exposed online database that was stockpiling user information likely collected via malware ...

Email platforms such as Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook could be affected, as well as social media websites including Facebook and ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Our department currently stores all passwords (service accounts, admin accounts, etc..) in a word document on a file server that has NTFS permissions in place to restrict access. The security of this ...