16 billion passwords leaked, in a massive data breach !
Largest password leak in history hits social media giants!!
16 billion passwords leaked, in a massive data breach ! cyber team researchers discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each. In total, the researchers uncovered an unimaginable 16 billion records.
A plethora of supermassive datasets, housing billions upon billions of login credentials. From social media and corporate platforms to VPNs and developer portals
By indiainput desk.
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First reported by Cyber news and Forbes, the breach is being treated as a major cybersecurity emergency with global implications.
An ‘X’ handler Pop Base reacts!
16 BILLION passwords across Apple, Google, Facebook and other sites have been leaked in history’s largest data breach. (via Forbes) pic.twitter.com/lNkhPAE1Q2
— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 19, 2025
About two months back reputed wired magazine https://www.wired.com reported ‘security researcher discovering a “mysterious database” with 184 million records’. It barely scratches the top 20 of what the team discovered. Most worryingly, researchers claim new massive datasets emerge every few weeks, signaling how prevalent infostealer malware truly is.
Courtsey : An ‘X’ handler Hypoxia tweets !
This is total bullshit. You are fine. The 16 billion pairs (username + password) are all collated since leaks began happening. It means a huge portion of them are duplicated or over ten years old back when security practices are worse.
In the article they cite, they show Google… https://t.co/9m1qq5J1BT pic.twitter.com/0buymLfWkB
— Hypoxia (@hypoxia_z) June 19, 2025
Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a giant 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers.
An ‘X’ handler Mario Nawfal tweets!
🚨 BREAKING: 16 BILLION PASSWORDS LEAKED: APPLE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK USERS EXPOSED
What’s being called the largest password leak in history has just been confirmed: 16 billion login credentials, many from major platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, and more, are now… pic.twitter.com/2Sxod46Hha
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 19, 2025
The datasets that the team uncovered differ widely. For example, the smallest, named after malicious software, had over 16 million records. Meanwhile, the largest one, most likely related to the Portuguese-speaking population, had over 3.5 billion records.
“16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked, change your passwords now. Likely the largest breach ever, exposing logins to phishing & account takeovers. Change passwords now, use a password manager, & switch to passkeys for safety.”
On average, one dataset with exposed credentials had 550 million records. One dataset with over 455 million records was named to indicate its origins in the Russian Federation. Another dataset, with over 60 million records, was named after Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging platform.
An ‘X’ handler The Tatva tweets!
🚨 CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS NOW!
A record 16 billion passwords, including for Apple, Facebook, and Google, have been leaked in the largest data breach ever confirmed: Forbes pic.twitter.com/Rgwv4DuocB— The Tatva (@thetatvaindia) June 19, 2025
The information that the researchers gather revealed that most of the information followed a clear structure: URL, followed by login details and a password. Most modern infostealers – malicious software stealing sensitive information – collect data in exactly this way.
An ‘X’ handler #Gargi tweets!
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The Ministry of Education’s IKS Division conducted a full-scale sectoral analysis.What did they find?
→ 16 sectors
→ Multi-billion dollar domestic potential
→ Double-digit CAGR across most segments
→ Mass-scale employment generation pic.twitter.com/NFYmX3mSI8— Gargi #Decolonization 🇮🇳 (@gargivach) June 19, 2025
Information in the leaked datasets opens the doors to pretty much any online service imaginable, from Apple, Facebook, and Google, to GitHub, Telegram, and various government services. It’s hard to miss something when 16 billion records are on the table.
An ‘X’ handler dark green goku tweets!
I really dislike tech journalism because its not a 16 billion dataset drop, its a bunch of datasets from different sources that affect different people.
The biggest one affects portuguese speakers primarily, and most of these are from business/enterprise contexts. https://t.co/kpky02wbI1 pic.twitter.com/8yQGfcPy8b
— dark green goku (@DarkGreenGoku89) June 19, 2025
According to the researchers, credential leaks at this scale are fuel for phishing campaigns, account takeovers, ransomware intrusions, and business email compromise (BEC) attacks.
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