Data leak: billions of usernames and passwords are publicly available

10:42 - 20.06.2025


June 20, Fineko/abc.az. Cybernews specialists discovered a data leak that resulted in about 16 billion logins and passwords being publicly available, ABC.AZ informs, referring to Forbes magazine on June 19.

"Researchers have just confirmed what is by far the largest data breach in history: an almost incredible 16 billion login credentials have been exposed," the publication said.

It is noted that the merged archive consists of account data from online services Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram messenger, VPN services and government platforms.