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Billions of login passwords of Google and Apple Accounts have been leaked. This incident has worried users around the world. Experts say that this is the biggest data leak ever. Private information of users in this leak …Read more
Highlights
- 16 billion login details leaks of Google and Apple Accounts.
- Data leaks include email ID and password.
- Experts recommended two-factor verification.
New Delhi. Users of Google and Apple Accounts have leaked more than 16 billion login details, including passwords. It is one of the largest data leaks in the history of technology. Security experts say that this may pose a big danger to all of us to be hacked or empty bank accounts. Google and Apple IDs are very important and are used everywhere on the Internet, including your social accounts. Think, how big the scale of this password leak is, which can give hackers and people with bad intentions the ability and strength to choose their targets based on their profile quantity and credentials.
Worry about password leak: what reports the report says
Information about this scary incident has been shared in a report by Forbes, which states that more than 184 million records on a web server are lying without security. Researchers have actually found more than 30 datasets that may record more than 3.5 billion.
When you consider the amount of digital history created by people in the last decade, such data sets once again show the dangers of using basic safety measures. Google and other tech giants are constantly recommending their users to use two-factor verification for their accounts, which are not limited to traditional OTPs which are received on registered mobile number.