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16B Passwords Leaked (forbes.com/sites/daveywinder)
13 points by marifjeren 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


https://www.heise.de/en/news/16-billion-credentials-No-new-l... "the source is once again Cybernews –, which has already attracted attention in the past with massive exaggerations and the sensationalist promotion of discoveries of data dumps with old, already known leaked data. In this case, too, excitement about alleged data leaks is misplaced."


Thank you, I was not aware of Cybernews' history of exaggerations and was having trouble understanding why more people weren't talking about this.

Sounds like more analysis is needed.




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