16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now (www.forbes.com)
from InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 19 Jun 19:09
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cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31677799

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vk6flab@lemmy.radio on 19 Jun 19:21 next collapse

There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.

Does anyone have any links to something more credible?

Technus@lemmy.zip on 19 Jun 19:27 next collapse

The article is full of typos, too.

Who let this dreck out the door? Did Forbes lay off all their editors or what?

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 19 Jun 19:32 next collapse

Editing costs money.

AI is cheap.

TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee on 19 Jun 20:10 collapse

AI doesn’t make typos

Static_Rocket@lemmy.world on 19 Jun 21:33 collapse

Those have all been replaced with em dashes (—)

PushButton@lemmy.world on 19 Jun 22:41 collapse

Check the quotes too: ’ vs ʼ

AI will use the curved one, human type the straight one.

Also for the doubled one: " vs ”…

catloaf@lemm.ee on 19 Jun 22:20 collapse

Yes. Forbes has been a blog site for years.

mrbutterscotch@feddit.org on 19 Jun 19:31 next collapse

I thought so too, haven’t heard anything from the companies in question either.

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world on 19 Jun 20:00 next collapse

Might be a bit early for a better source. I decided to share because if it is true its important to get it on peoples radar.

IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz on 19 Jun 20:04 next collapse

cybernews.com/…/billions-credentials-exposed-info…

Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers.

[deleted] on 19 Jun 21:40 collapse

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boatswain@infosec.pub on 20 Jun 13:29 collapse

This appears to just be a compilation of other leaks: bleepingcomputer.com/…/no-the-16-billion-credenti…

Still not a bad idea to change passwords and make sure MFA is enabled.