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Anthony Spadafora

1.3 billion leaked passwords exposed online in massive new collection — what to do now and how to check your passwords

An open lock depicting a data breach.

If you haven’t checked to see if your credentials have been stolen by hackers, you absolutely should as 1.3 billion unique passwords along with 2 billion unique email addresses have been exposed online.

No, this isn’t another data breach where a major company or retailer’s systems were infiltrated by hackers. Instead, the threat intelligence firm Synthient scoured both the open and dark web looking for leaked email addresses and passwords. If the company’s name sounds familiar, it’s because they recently came across 183 million leaked email accounts.

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