This is likely the biggest password leak ever: nearly 10 billion credentials exposed

Cybersecurity researchers are calling it the largest password compilation leak of all time.On July 4, a newly registered user on a popular hacking forum posted a file containing nearly 10 billion compromised passwords in plaintext. The post was first noticed by researchers at Cybernews."Xmas came early this year," user "ObamaCare" wrote on the forum. "I present to you a new rockyou2024 password list with over 9.9 billion passwords!"RockYou2024 leaked password compilationThis gigantic list of lea