{"id":78105,"date":"2025-06-20T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=78105"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:58:26","slug":"16-billion-passwords-leaked-in-major-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/16-billion-passwords-leaked-in-major-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"16 billion passwords leaked in major data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: A serious threat has emerged in the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/cyber-helpline-1799-launched-in-islamabad\/\">cybersecurity<\/a> as passwords and usernames of about 16 billion online accounts have been leaked on the internet, according to a recent report.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation was made by cybersecurity company <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cda-to-hire-cybersecurity-firm-to-safeguard-digital-infrastructure\/\">&#8220;Cybernews&#8221;<\/a>, which said that the leaked data is not only old but also fresh, effective, and useful for hacking.<\/p>\n<p>According to experts, this data has been collected by various malware called \u2018Infostealer\u2019, which steals users\u2019 passwords, emails, and login details from infected computers and mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>This malware steals data not only from web browsers but also from various apps and systems.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked data includes logins of the world\u2019s major online services such as Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, Telegram, and even government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, this is not just an ordinary data leak but a completely planned collection of data that can be used for major cyber attacks at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber \u200b\u200bexperts have warned users that this data serves as a \u2018roadmap\u2019 for hackers, with the help of which they can carry out serious crimes such as phishing attacks, identity theft, and account hijacking.<\/p>\n<h4>Experts have urgently instructed general users to take the following security measures:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Change passwords for all your important online accounts immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Use separate and strong passwords for each service, preferably through a password manager.<\/li>\n<li>Use modern security methods such as multi-factor authentication or passkeys.<\/li>\n<li>Scan your computer or mobile with an antivirus to detect possible malware.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid suspicious emails, SMS, or links, as the risk of phishing attacks has become severe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: A serious threat has emerged in the world of cybersecurity as passwords and usernames of about 16 billion online accounts have been leaked on the internet, according to a recent report. This revelation was made by cybersecurity company &#8220;Cybernews&#8221;, which said that the leaked data is not only old but also fresh, effective, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":78107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14759,29604],"class_list":["post-78105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-data-breach","tag-passwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78108,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78105\/revisions\/78108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}