Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches
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Cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko, who has uncovered many big data leaks over the years, and the CyberNews team discovered the exposed records.

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  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    491·
    6 months ago

    It’s an aggregation of previous leaks. Malicious actors having all that information together is a big deal in and of itself, but it’s not the"mother of all breaches" some publications are trying to make it be.

    • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      This, i keep telling people this is just a very sensationalized headline. Some of the companies listed here are definitely from breaches that happened over 5 years ago (ex: myfitnesspal)

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Using this dataset in court seems dubious. I think it falls under fruit of the poison tree doctrine but I’m a lawn chair lawyer (ie not a lawyer) at best.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
      115·
      6 months ago

      Absolutely, it’ll be easy to get full custody as anyone dumb enough to sign up for Adult Friend Finder is objectively too stupid to entrust with unsupervised parenting.

      This may sound like sarcasm, but it’s not. Honestly, that dataset alone should be used as a starting point for involuntary sterilization.

  • Haagel@lemmings.worldEnglish
    61·
    6 months ago

    Good. Unfortunately this is the only way we’ll learn to stop giving vital information, or even truthful information, to any and every site that asks for it.

    I sympathize with those whose data was leaked but I don’t agree that there will ever be sufficient security or protections of privacy.

    • Why9@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      There’s a company which will give you a >40in LCD smart TV to keep, for as long as you want it, with the catch that the second screen that comes with the TV (it’s a screen that is a couple of inches tall and spans the width of the device) is on at all times and only plays ads.

      There’s also a camera that actively films you and records your audio, video. It’s also on all the time.

      The company makes it clear that they’re giving you a free, very well specced TV with all the amenities, and in return they’ll collect your data. It’s surprising how many people (who otherwise can’t afford a TV) said yes.

      • Haagel@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        That’s wild to me. I’d rather eat my own flesh than be subjected to forced ad viewing.

        TVs are historically cheap. I’m not trying to dunk on the poor but I just can’t see how that invasion of privacy is worth $300.

  • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I just assume most people who have a normal online presence have had some form of identity leaked, as well as plenty of people that don’t. Like maybe elderly have credit records breached when Experian got hacked.

    Gotta have 2FA, and make sure critical accounts have solid passwords. About all you can do, and no guarantee some shoddy IT in the business holding the account didn’t store all your info unhashed or something.