The Greatest Password Leak: How to Protect Yourself, How to Check Your Data in the Database
T he leakage of two billion usernames/passwords has affected every third person in the world. On the MEGA file hosting service on January 17, 2019, an archive containing the logins and passwords of almost 773 million users was found in the public domain. The database weighing 87 gigabytes was named "Collection # 1" and was given the status of the largest user data leak of all time. But two weeks later, the story took a new turn. What happened? On January 29, information appeared on the Internet about more large-scale leaks, which were named "Collection No. 2-5". Imagine these numbers. 845 Gigabytes! 25 billion usernames and passwords! 2.2 billion login-password pairs! According to Forbes, all five collections have data on every third person. There are about 130 copies of these collections on the Internet, and their number continues to grow. It follows from this that this information cannot be removed from public access. Is there a c...