Posted on 10/27/2025 8:01:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Gmail users have been urged to check their accounts after it was revealed that more than 183 million passwords were stolen in a data breach.
Australian cyber expert Troy Hunt, who revealed the incident, called it a 'vast corpus' of breached data, which totals 3.5 terrabytes.
To put that into perspective, that's the equivalent to 875 full-length HD movies.
According to Mr Hunt, 'all the major providers have email addresses in there' – so not just Gmail, but Outlook, Yahoo and others too.
'They're from everywhere you could imagine, but Gmail always features heavily,' Hunt told the Daily Mail.
So have you been caught up in the incident?
Here's how to check if your email data has been compromised.
The incident occurred in April but has only just been disclosed on Mr Hunt's Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) website.
According to the expert, breached data contained 183 million unique email addresses alongside the websites they were entered into and the passwords used.
To check if you've been compromised, head to the Have I Been Pwned website and enter your email address in the search bar.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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Only use gmail for throwaway email accounts for joining liberal comment sections for hit and run postings.
Nothing personal.
This is why I have a Gmail account but never use it. I just let junk mail go to it.
bkmk
My Spidey sense is tingling.
I would not rush over to “Have I Been Pwned” and enter my email address without corroboration this is legitimate.
later
use an email long enough and it will turn up pwned.
I think if they only got the passwords AFTER they’ve been encrypted it’s still OK.
Someone said that some processes cannot be reversed, e.g., you can’t run hamburger backwards through a meat grinder and get a cow as the output.
It isn’t. It’s a scam to sell 1Password.
Thank you.
Exactly. Not seeing anything new here - seems like a false alert.
Nothing about passwords anywhere in media reports. Also you can check your passwords at the same website
I try not to use anything Google. Once I read their email license agreement, I was done with them. Not only do they have the right to read your emails, they can sell that information to whomever they wish. To me, that’s wrong.
I just use it for stupid stuff............
Can account holders sue Google?
Whatever happens, you gmail users agreed to hold Google harmless many times over as you clicked through their endless terms of service. I hope you are happy with your “free” email service.
Here’s how to check
... is that like clicking on the link
Mr. GG2 has had his gmail account hacked a million times and he just will not give it up. I guess I’ll go in and change his password today. For the 99th time. 😣
I have a Gmail account only because I need(ed) it for using Google Play Store for obtaining some mobile phone apps. But, I do not use that account for actual necessary Email from or to me.
Probably not. Probably in the terms of use...............
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