Data Breach: The biggest online theft in history! 16 billion passwords leaked, you should take these steps immediately..

Data Leak: If you are active on the Internet. If you use Apple, Google, Facebook, and other services, then you need to pay a lot of attention. Cyber ​​​​security experts have given big information that 16 billion login credentials have been leaked. This is a very large number and experts are calling it the biggest online theft in internet history. Login credentials also include passwords, which have been leaked. According to media reports, the stolen login credentials have been put up for sale online. This leak has increased the concern of big tech companies. It is being said that cybercriminals can have access to the data of Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram, etc. and they can break in anywhere.

Experts say that this breach has increased the concern, if the threat is not dealt with, cybercriminals can take control of any social account or email. Experts have warned that this is not just a leak but a blueprint for exploiting people. It is worth noting that recently 18.4 crore records were found on another web server. A debate had already started around the world about this and now this new data leak has come to light.

How worrying is the new data leak?

Cyber ​​experts have found 30 such datasets, each containing 3.5 billion records. These datasets contain information ranging from social media and VPN login details, and passwords to corporate and developer platforms. Experts have discovered them this year. The concern is that the data that has been leaked is fresh and cyber criminals can misuse it.

What kind of attacks can happen online?

According to media reports, phishing attacks on people can increase due to this data leak. Their social accounts can be controlled. After the information about the data leak came to light, all the big tech companies including Google-Apple became alert. Google has asked its users to increase the security of social accounts so that no one can tamper with their accounts.

What should you do

Talking about India, most people use Android OS and Google services. It is not known whose data has been leaked and whose has not. In such a situation, everyone should be cautious. Nowadays everyone uses a Gmail account. It is advised to increase its security. To sign in to Gmail, two-factor authentication should be used along with the password. Google also advises that users upgrade their account with a pass-key so that they can have better control over their account. Apple users should also follow similar security. If you suspect that your password may have been leaked, then change it.

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