Data Breach Alert: Up to 3 Billion Password and Email Combinations Found on Hacker Forum
A compilation of past leaks have been uncovered on a popular hacking forum. The breach is being called “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB) due to the combined records being from multiple breaches. COMB contains up to three billion email and password combinations.
What This Means
When a site is breached, your personal information can be accessed by hackers and can be made publicly available on the internet. Any information of a person has a chance to be exposed, no matter how secure the site can be.
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