Collection # 1: The biggest password theft has been leaked already

The biggest password theft in history. This is what Collection # 1 is called. It has been revealed that in this leak 22 million unique passwords have been leaked on the network. The leak was made possible by Troy Hunt, who has obtained information from various sources. Apparently, according to the author, he was staying at MEGA, where the breach occurred.

Collection # 1: The biggest password theft has leaked already

With a total weight of 87 GB and 12, 000 separate files, this is a huge leak, affecting millions of users worldwide. There are 772 million email addresses affected.

New breach: The "Collection # 1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772, 904, 991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned.:

- Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) January 16, 2019

Password leak

Although the file in question has already been removed, there is no guarantee that these passwords are no longer circulating on the network. So users are recommended to use platforms such as Haveibeenpwned, to find out if their email account is among those that were affected by this great leak. If so, the password must be changed immediately.

Some of the files in this file date back to 2008, so a tremendous amount of data has been accumulating over the years. Among them are many email accounts or passwords that are not already in use. But it is important that users check if they have been affected, to improve the security of their accounts.

It remains to be seen what the consequences of this leak will be in the coming weeks. Since it is the largest leak of this type so far. A huge number of email accounts and 22 million keys have been affected.

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