Synthient Saga: 1.96 Billion Accounts at Risk in Credential-Stuffing Storm
Have I Been Pwned has added 1.96 billion accounts to its breach notification service. This massive dataset, courtesy of Synthient, highlights the risks of password reuse as it includes email addresses and passwords from previous breaches. Time to change those reused passwords and enable two-factor authentication!
Hot Take:
Who needs to travel the world when your email and password have probably already visited every corner of the internet? I mean, a vacation is one thing, but this Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data breach is taking the concept of “going viral” to a whole new level. So, if your password is “password123,” it’s time to level up your security game before you’re the punchline of the next big cybersecurity joke.
Key Points:
- Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data breach includes 1.96 billion accounts.
- The dataset features nearly 2 billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion passwords.
- This is not a direct breach but a collection of data from various sources.
- Synthient is known for aggregating credential-stuffing data from the internet.
- Changing reused passwords and enabling two-factor authentication is recommended.
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