Biggest Data Leak: Billions of login passwords of Google and Apple accounts leaked, are you also a victim?

More than 16 billion login details of users of Google and Apple accounts, including passwords, have been leaked. This is one of the biggest data leaks in the history of technology. Security experts say that this can put all of us at a great risk of getting hacked or emptying bank accounts. Google and Apple IDs are very important and are used everywhere on the Internet, including your social accounts. Imagine how big is the scale of this password leak, which can give hackers and people with bad intentions the ability and power to choose their targets based on the volume of their profiles and credentials.

Worry about password leak: What the report says.

Information about this scary incident has been shared in a Forbes report, which states that more than 184 million records are lying unprotected on a web server. Researchers have found more than 30 datasets that may contain more than 3.5 billion records.

Having email IDs and other personal information makes it easier for hackers to exploit victims through phishing attacks, allowing them to take complete control of a person's digital profile.

When you consider the amount of digital history created by people over the last decade, data sets like these once again show the dangers of ignoring basic security measures. Google and other tech giants are constantly advising their users to use two-factor verification for their accounts, which is not limited to the traditional OTP received on the registered mobile number.