It was a hack attack of epic proportions. Fresh off last month’s massive password hack, there’s been another major dataset exposure. A staggering 16 billion passwords have been leaked across multiple platforms in what techsperts are calling the largest data breach in history.

The file was left entirely unprotected - no encryption, no password, no safeguards - just a plain text document holding millions of sensitive data entries.

16 billion login credentials have been found across various datasets, making it one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in history.