Massive Data Breach.

kneemos

Apparently 16 billion passwords have been compromised.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach

thereiver

This can be used to hack into government data systems or user finance bank accounts so so many people use email to set up apps with pin no,s a or passwords It's best for anyone to change passwords if they use Gmail or apple email on phones laptops or PCs use a string password nos letters ten symbols no s like id56Now46//+94C, OhhJ12

bnt

We’re asking people to have all these different, complex passwords, and it’s just not practical. To cope, people re-use passwords or write them down. Companies know this and it’s why we’re seeing these alternative authentication methods that use biometrics, revolving codes, and so on. The old advice to have long complex passwords, and keep changing them, just isn’t going to work in a world where half the websites you use want you to create an account.

You have to prioritise e.g. if the password for my Boards account has been leaked, I don’t really care. Maybe I can reset it by email, but if I lost this account entirely, I’d be OK. More serious accounts like banking are different, of course, and these days you need more than a password to get in to them. Revenue for example has the 2-factor method that requires a 6-digit code (TOTP) that you set up.

Is it safe to get in to my bank accounts with Touch ID or Face ID on my iPhone? AIB thinks so, and they’re obviously basing that on security research and studies. They trust Apple’s biometrics to identify me sufficiently well for general purposes. If that was compromised, it wouldn’t mean someone could suck my accounts dry: that has an extra, different level of security first.

Flinty997

Odd its not bigger news or on any of the other sites.

If you read the source article it says it's not old database (basically it's new) but does contain duplicate and old information from previous hacks. Which seems a little contradictory. Toms is reporting it's Google apple etc data, but the article it links to does not say that. In fact it says the opposite.

I'm left wondering is this actually new at all.

Jim_Hodge

Is a password breach such a big deal anymore? Two factor authorisation keeps the important stuff safe.

Just to be sure though I'm changing my password from Password to Password2

Wanderer78

i have the solution folks, send me a few quid, and i ll reveal all!

SuperBowserWorld

So, those passwords must have been sent in plaintext or unencrypted in storage to be of use. I would hardly think Google/Apple/Meta would get away with that lack of security today? Unless they were leaked some other way.

Meesared

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123570199#Comment_123570199

They were, its a collection of previous breaches, its nothing new.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058417434/massive-data-breach

I've had trouble logging into my various accounts and on one it said my password was compromised . Oh fcuk

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123568982#Comment_123568982

When the first, I hear of it is on Boards I 'm worried

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123570267#Comment_123570267

Just make sure any account linked to stuff that's important, like banking, is safe as best you can, change passwords, use 2fa, have a separate email account for banking, and treat the rest as stuff you can live without. Also, I'd start thinking about leaving minimal info in the cloud and social networks for bad actors to steal and use against you.

thereiver

This is a serious hack anyone who has an android phone has a Gmail account that's billions of users who maybe be vunetable to hacks or phishing or id theft