change your account passwords, use a password manager and switch to passkeys wherever possible.
Can someone explain to me how passkeys are more secure / better than passwords?
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It's a little unclear to me how recent this was. If I changed my passwords like a few weeks ago am I fine? They mention the investigation has been since the start of the year so I assume the password leak was from before that?
Are there any genuine articles on this? I assume forbes is just clickbait
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Anti big tech chads are vindicated again.
Get yourself a Yubikey or two, keep all your 2FA codes on a physical keychain rather than some Authenticator app.
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If your credentials are in an infostealer dump then you need to make sure that you've removed the malware from your device(s) before changing your passwords. Otherwise your new passwords will be sent straight to the same people who got them the first time.
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I need more information. How is the malware being distributed to these devices? How can we check if our credentials are in this dump? Shouldn't the respective platforms be doing due diligence to notify those effected and asking them to change their passwords?
I feel it may be fairly likely that this inforstealer Malware is the type distributed by dubious apps the play store and similar have had to take down but aren't actively notifying users who installed them. Is it predominantly phones that are effected or is this malware PC based? Changing your passwords is important but sounding the alarm with no actual information is just... Ill advised. It's fear mongering.
Reads more like an advertorial. Low on detail, high on "passkeys are the future", and plenty of typos.
Is this real? The article gives no concrete details.
What's the total human population again, 8 billion?
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“This is not just a leak – it’s a blueprint for mass exploitation,” the researchers said.
Are the researchers chatgpt? Because that looks almost word for word how chatgpt would write something like that, right down to the em-dash.
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Need a breakdown first before everyone starts freaking out. This sounds like a UUID leak.
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