A massive data breach has occurred, leaking over 184 million unique account credentials including usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for various platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Microsoft, Apple, and Google.
The leaked data lacks encryption, making sensitive information easily accessible to cybercriminals for potential misuse.
The stolen data poses threats to compromised users, including credential stuffing attacks, phishing and social engineering, ransomware and espionage, as well as potential state and government attacks.
To protect against such data breaches, users are advised to change passwords regularly, use strong and unique passwords, employ password managers and multi-factor authentication.