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Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password breaches in recent history

Around 71 million unique login credentials for websites such as eBay and Facebook were reportedly stolen and put up for sale on a well-known illegal digital marketplace. Researcher Troy Hunt indicated that about 25 million of the passwords were newly leaked information. Hunt suggests that password-stealing malware harvested the details from infected machines.

Source: arstechnica.com –

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