Ask HN: How are you responding to the 16B credential leak?

2 rajkumarsekar 4 6/27/2025, 4:42:02 AM
Cybernews uncovered a record-breaking leak involving 16 billion unique login records from services like Google, Apple, Facebook, GitHub, and more.

How are you responding to this?

If you haven’t heard about it yet, here’s the full article: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

Comments (4)

toomuchtodo · 7h ago
It’s an aggregate of previous breaches. Response should be good password hygiene and strong MFA.
baobun · 6h ago
rajkumarsekar · 5h ago
Thanks for sharing those links, I hadn’t seen all of them. I posted because I found the scale of the 16B figure surprising and thought it might be useful for others who hadn’t dug into it yet. Not trying to push hype, just genuinely curious how others are thinking about credential safety with so many breaches stacking up.
throwawaysleep · 7h ago
I’m not. I’ve long been assuming my credentials are lost somewhere out there.

Accounts I care about have two factor auth.