dataleak

The internet just suffered a digital catastrophe. Over 16,000,000,000+ login credentials have been leaked in what cybersecurity experts are calling the “Mother of All Breaches.” This isn’t recycled data—it’s fresh, structured, and already circulating on the dark web.

🌐 What Happened?

🟡 1️⃣ Cybersecurity researchers uncovered 30 massive datasets, each containing tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records. These include usernames, passwords, session cookies, tokens, and metadata—collected by infostealer malware silently operating on infected devices.

🟡 2️⃣ The breach affects nearly every major platform:

Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram, GitHub, VPNs, and even government services.

🟡 3️⃣ The data is neatly indexed—URLs, usernames, passwords—making it plug-and-play for hackers. This isn’t just a leak. It’s a blueprint for mass exploitation.

🧠 Why This Is So Dangerous

🟣 4️⃣ Most of the credentials are new, not recycled from previous breaches. That means millions of people don’t even know they’ve been compromised yet.

🟣 5️⃣ The data includes access tokens and session cookies, which allow attackers to hijack accounts without needing your password.

🟣 6️⃣ The breach is already being sold on the dark web—cheap, accessible, and ready for use in phishing, ransomware, and identity theft.

🦠 How Did This Happen?

🔴 7️⃣ The breach was caused by infostealer malware—malicious software that infects devices and silently harvests login data. It spreads through:

Fake browser extensionsCracked softwarePhishing emailsMalicious ads

Once installed, it siphons off everything—then uploads it to attacker-controlled servers. From there, it’s packaged, indexed, and sold.

💥 What’s the Risk?

🟠 8️⃣ The implications are massive:

Identity theft
Bank fraud
Business email compromise
Ransomware attacks
Government impersonation

Even if you use strong passwords, if your device was infected, your credentials are likely compromised.

🛡️ How to Stay Safe Right Now (Updated June 20, 2025)

🟢 9️⃣ Here’s what cybersecurity experts are urging everyone to do immediately:

🛡️ ① Change all your passwords—especially for email, banking, and social media. Use a password manager to generate strong, unique ones

🛡️ ② Enable 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) on every account. Prefer app-based 2FA (like Google Authenticator) over SMS

🛡️ ③ Clear your browser cookies and sessions—especially if you’ve logged into sensitive accounts recently

🛡️ ④ Run a full malware scan using trusted antivirus software. Infostealers may still be active on your device

🛡️ ⑤ Revoke access from unfamiliar devices—check your account activity logs (Google, Apple, etc.) and sign out of anything suspicious

🛡️ ⑥ Check if your data was leaked using tools like Have I Been Pwned or Google’s Dark Web Report

🛡️ ⑦ Avoid clicking on suspicious links, emails, or pop-ups—especially now. Phishing campaigns are already ramping up

🔮 What’s Next?

🔵 🔟 Experts warn that more datasets may surface in the coming weeks. Governments and tech giants are scrambling to assess the damage. Meanwhile, cybercriminals are already launching phishing campaigns and account takeovers using the stolen data.

This is a global cybersecurity crisis. If you’re online, you’re a target.

🧬 Final Word

This isn’t just a breach. It’s a digital extinction-level event for password-based security. The only way forward is vigilance, education, and action.

Stay alert. Stay secure. Stay ahead.

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Binance told Cointelegraph the data is not the result of a leak from the exchange but instead is a result of the hacker collecting data using malware on infected computers.

Darkweb threat actors claim to have hundreds of thousands of user records — including names, passwords and location data — of Gemini and Binance users, putting the apparent lists up for sale on the internet.

The Dark Web Informer, a Darkweb cyber news site, said in a March 27 blog post that the latest sale is from a threat actor operating under the handle AKM69, who purportedly has an extensive list of private user information from users of crypto exchange Gemini.

“The database for sale reportedly includes 100,000 records, each containing full names, emails, phone numbers, and location data of individuals from the United States and a few entries from Singapore and the UK,” the Dark Web Informer said.

“The threat actor categorized the listing as part of a broader campaign of selling consumer data for crypto-related marketing, fraud, or recovery targeting.”
Gemini didn’t immediately respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment.

A day earlier, Dark Web Informer said another user, kiki88888, was offering to sell Binance emails and passwords, with the compromised data reportedly containing 132,744 lines of information.

Binance says leaked info came through phishing, not data leak
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Binance said the information on the dark web is not the result of a data leak from the exchange. Instead, it was a hacker who collected data by compromising browser sessions on infected computers using malware.

In a follow-up post, the Dark Web Informer also alluded to the data theft being a result of user’s tech being comprised rather than a leak from Binance, saying, “Some of you really need to stop clicking random stuff.”

In a similar situation last September, a hacker under the handle FireBear claimed to have a database with 12.8 million records stolen from Binance, with data including last names, first names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and residential addresses, according to reports at the time.

Binance denied the claims, dismissing the hacker’s claim to have sensitive user data as false after an internal investigation from their security team.
This isn’t the first cyber threat targeting users of major crypto exchanges this month. Australian federal police said on March 21 they had to alert 130 people of a message scam aimed at crypto users that spoofed the same “sender ID” as legitimate crypto exchanges, such as Binance.
Another similar string of scam messages reported by X users on March 14 spoofed Coinbase and Gemini attempting to trick users into setting up a new wallet using pre-generated recovery phrases controlled by the fraudsters.

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