Posted on 05/31/2025 5:08:00 AM PDT by dennisw
Hackers just hit a massive jackpot: 184 million accounts across Apple, Google and Microsoft were exposed in a sweeping data breach. I’m talking email addresses, usernames, passwords, device info (the whole buffet), now up for grabs on the dark web.
Before you say, “I’m safe, I use strong passwords,” or “I’ve never been hacked,” take a second to think. These weren’t obscure services. This breach hit the biggest names in tech. Household-name-level oopsie.
If your login credentials got caught in the cross fire, hackers are already trying to use them to break into your other accounts.
The hidden risk It’s so easy to click “Save Password” in Chrome, Safari or Edge. But if your browser can autofill your logins, so can anyone else with access to your device. Hackers know this. That convenient feature could be the weakest link in your entire digital life.
Google and Apple both offer built-in password managers. But are you really comfortable trusting the same companies that monetize your data with your most sensitive logins?
Here’s what makes this breach different This was a perfect storm for credential stuffing. That’s when criminals take one exposed password and try logging into thousands of other accounts. If you’ve ever reused a password, you’re vulnerable.
Your Netflix password might not seem like a big deal, until they use that same password to drain your PayPal or breach your health records. So go change all your passwords. I’ll wait.
(Excerpt) Read more at komando.com ...
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https://www.komando.com/news/security/184-million-accounts-just-leaked-yours-could-be-next/
That’s probably why Facebook has been sending me an email with a code I didn’t request to change my password.
But the article looks like an ad for some password generator.
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She is basically a salesman
I use two step logins when available. Especially on financial sites. The login process includes a phone call or text with a number to one of my phones. The number is needed to complete the login.
Kim Komando is selling NordPass.
> But the article looks like an ad for some password generator. <
It sure does. I’m very leery of any site that reports a problem, then tries to sell you something to fix that problem.
So I just did a little more digging. The data breach evidently did happen, as it’s being reported by some well-known sources.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/urgent-warning-issued-us-consumers-210000271.html
https://nypost.com/2025/05/28/tech/major-data-hack-nabs-184m-passwords-for-google-apple-more/
Thanks to dennisw for bringing this to our attention.
https://www.random.org/passwords/
Generate a list of random passwords, then mix in or add some special characters.
This might be worth seeing to.
Here’s a good article. Very quick, easy read. Good tips and information.
https://www.howtogeek.com/343947/how-to-check-if-your-password-has-been-stolen/
All your financial accounts should have 2FA (2 factor authentication, where you get a text with a 6 digit code), as well as separate strong passwords.
This is always the companies themselves who together with Governments and intelligence agencies monitizes thier monopoly. The NSA holds every key, every blockchain and it is required for a paitent or license to sell.
Trump could order the NSA to oversea an American Anti-Virus, period. Full Stop.
The code used to be wonky, but over the years the super computers have catologued everything. Of course there will continue to be occasioned exploits, by individual hackers or small gorups, or other governments, but it is fully within the power of Our Government to halt 95% of all the threats.
My last position in the USG deal with comsec, the key, management, distribution, etc. I was more interesed in the antivirus which was colocated.
The USG at levels higher than I ever aspired has it within their control to end all the damage of code and exploits. Apple, MS, and anyone else turned everything over to do business; that business is actually the USG, not a garage or college dorm room, but all of it comes from the top down and those picked to be the face of venture start ups and these massive IT companies are all connected to parents or the elites themselves which use the USG to distribute authorized technologies for monitization.
Again, Trump can stop the majority of day-to-day exploits. The NSA monitors everything and if they were directed to set up a stand alone stovepipe monitoring and protection division they could protect everyday Americans.
The USG is in the business of making money.
Google has in numerous pages a pop up ad that want everyone to safely store all passwords with them. To me that was just AOC grade stupid. I never fell for it.
I suspect this is one of the systems hacked, as all the fools that fell for this are now at risk.
About the same time this article’s breach happened, my browser warns me when I go to my hotmail account that it’s security certificate is not valid and that accessing it could leave me open to hacking. I have to bypass this warning to access email.
Anyone else feel unsafe going to Hotmail?
How safe is Kindle? I never hear it referenced in these types of articles
Two-factor auth everywhere possible. Credential stuffing is expensive and processor-heavy and the second factor on an identity takes revenue away from the bad actors.
It happened to me just recently that I can’t log into Hotmail without a safety warning. So I started logging directly into Outlook and got no such warning.
What they are not telling us is that the problem is not your password. The problem is the hidden spy/tracking cookies websites and domains use. It is themselves that gather information and then leak it from their own insecure systems. These hidden Spy/tracking Cookies need to be illegal period.
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