{"id":47911,"date":"2025-06-20T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=47911"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:37:40","slug":"16-billion-passwords-from-apple-google-meta-and-others-leaked-in-historic-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2025\/06\/16-billion-passwords-from-apple-google-meta-and-others-leaked-in-historic-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Billion Passwords from Apple, Google, Meta and Others Leaked in Historic Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1569\">16 billion passwords leaked, marking the largest credential breach in history<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1569\">The data includes sensitive access to major platforms: Apple, Google, Facebook, banking, and e-commerce.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1569\">\n<p data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1569\">Experts urge users to update passwords, enable 2FA, and use password managers to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"432\">In what\u2019s being described as the largest data breach in history, cybersecurity researchers have confirmed that over 16 billion login credentials, including passwords and usernames, have been leaked, affecting major tech giants such as Apple, Google, Meta, and Facebook.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"473\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Source: Multiple Infostealers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"715\">Initial investigations, which began in early 2025, suggest that the breach is the result of various cyberattacks using infostealers, malicious software designed to secretly harvest sensitive information from users\u2019 devices and networks.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"762\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A Dangerous Accumulation of Leaked Data<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1058\">According to Keeper Security founders, this is not just a new breach but a massive aggregation of multiple leaks over the years, now compiled into a single, highly dangerous database. The exposed data includes access to email, e-commerce, banking, and even corporate network credentials.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1088\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What You Should Do Now<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1142\">Security experts strongly urge all internet users to:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1451\">\n<li data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1229\">\n<p data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1229\">Immediately update all passwords, especially for email and financial accounts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1297\">\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1297\">Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) across all platforms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1378\">\n<p data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1378\">Use a reputable password manager to generate strong and unique passwords<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1451\">\n<p data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1451\">Regularly monitor account activity for suspicious logins or access<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1482\"><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"1829\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 billion passwords leaked, marking the largest credential breach in history The data includes sensitive access to major platforms: Apple, Google, Facebook, banking, and e-commerce. Experts urge users to update passwords, enable 2FA, and use password managers to protect themselves. In what\u2019s being described as the largest data breach in history, cybersecurity researchers have confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":47912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1783],"tags":[8690,5362,5326],"class_list":["post-47911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-apple","tag-google-en","tag-meta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}