Hackers leak 2.2 billion passwords

A couple of weeks ago, hackers leaked Collection # 1, the biggest password theft in history, which we told you about in its day. Now, new leaks are coming in this regard, with leaks from Collection # 2-5. New volumes with more passwords, about 2, 200 million in this case. So it is a large amount of data that can have many consequences.

Hackers leak 2.2 billion passwords

In addition to this, the new leak leaves 773 million emails exposed. In this case, many of the entries are repeated and were leaked the first time.

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While it appears that 611 million entries are unique. So the number of affected users increases significantly, adding the previous leak of a couple of weeks ago. All of these data collections, with passwords and emails, have been downloaded to various photos and Torrent pages, according to security researchers. Although it seems that most of these files would have already lost their value today.

Again, users are encouraged to take action in this regard. From renewing your passwords to checking if they have ever been hacked using a website such as Have i been pwned, which is extremely helpful in these cases.

In this way, it will be possible to know if they are safe. In addition, it is recommended to take some additional measures, such as introducing two-step verification, since in many cases the same keys are used. Therefore, they manage to improve the security of their accounts.

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