Throughout 2024, it has seemed as though there is a new monumental data breach every other week – or, at least, every other month. Recently, security researchers have uncovered an unprecedented leak of login credentials on a cybercriminal forum; the sheer size of this leak emphasized the critical need for even stronger passwords and widespread adoption of more robust security measures online. In an article titled “New Security Alert: Hacker Uploads 10 Billion Passwords to Crime Forum,” Davey Winder notes:

“Containing what is said to be an astonishing 9,948,575,739 unique passwords, all in plaintext format, the RockYou2024 compilation apparently comprises an earlier credentials database known as RockYou 2021, which featured 8.4 billion passwords, adding approximately 1.5 billion new passwords into the mix. These cover the period from 2021 through 2024, and it has been estimated that the latest credentials file contains entries from a total of 4,000 huge databases of stolen credentials covering at least two decades.”

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