BREAKING: Warning to change Apple, Facebook and Google passwords NOW as 16 billion leaked in huge breach

Users of Apple, Facebook and Google are being told to change their passwords after a record-breaking data leak exposed 16 billion logins.

Researchers say that the breach is one of the largest in history and will affect logins for Instagram, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Roblox, Discord, Telegram, GitHub. Government services in more than 29 countries were also targeted in the attack.

CyberNewsresearchers found 16billion datasets identified only with names like "login" - which made it difficult to see exactly what they contained.

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However, it's most likely that these were obtained with infostealer malware, which can infiltrate systems and steal sensitive information like login details. The team said that another alternative was that the data was collected by ethical hackers to spot flaws in the system.

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