FBI Finds 630M Stolen Passwords On Seized Hackers’ Devices
TL;DR
The FBI provided 630 million stolen passwords to Have I Been Pwned, with 46 million new ones from a single hacker via dark web sources, highlighting ongoing cyber threats.
Source: Forbes
Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I Been Pwned, has confirmed that the FBI has handed over a staggering list of 630 million compromised passwords to add to the HIBP database of 17 billion compromised accounts. The FBI has been sending Hunt compromised passwords for four years, as uncovered during the course of cybercrime investigations, but what’s concerning and almost unbelievable in equal measure is that the latest haul is from a single hacker. It seems that the hacked passwords have come from open and dark web marketplaces, Telegram channels and, inevitably, infostealer attacks. “We hadn't seen about 7.4 percent of them in HIBP before,” Hunt confirmed, “which might sound small, but that's 46 million vulnerable passwords we weren't giving people using the service the opportunity to block.” Full Story