The most significant password leak in history occurred on the Fourth of July. This leak, dubbed RockYou2024 by its original poster, “ObamaCare,” on a leading hacking forum, compiles 9,948,575,739 unique passwords into plain text. This is 9.9—almost 10 billion passwords that have been leaked, so we’re looking at an attack on a truly unprecedented scale here [h/t Cybernews].
...Right? Well, there are some caveats to this. Make no mistake: you should still take this seriously and change your passwords semi-frequently or use a secure password manager instead of cycling through a few different ones, depending on the service. Using 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) or MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) should also be a wise move in the right direction.
