A massive leak of passwords compromises the security of accounts linked to services like Apple, Google, and Facebook, further complicating the protection of crypto financial assets.
The phenomenon involves over 16 billion credentials, highlighting serious vulnerabilities even for the holders of wallet and exchange platforms.
Impact on cryptocurrencies and risks for users after the password leak
The Cybernews team, in a report dated June 19, analyzed 30 exposed datasets, each containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion credentials.
Overall, we are talking about approximately 16 billion exposed access credentials, an unprecedented number.
These data mostly appeared on unprotected Elasticsearch instances or object stores, making entire previously unreported databases accessible to malicious actors, with the exception of one with 184 million records defined as “mysterious”.
On average, each database included 550 million records, while the smallest still cont
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