Yet another data breach has exposed passwords and other sensitive information – but this one is a whopper.
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler revealed his discovery of a massive online database containing more than 184 million unique account credentials, in a report published Thursday. Usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for a host of applications and websites, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, among others, were stored in a file. The database also contained credentials for bank and financial accounts, health platforms, and government portals.
The problem? The file was unencrypted. No password protection. No security. Just a plain text file with millions of sensitive pieces of data.
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