The 16B-record data breach that no one's ever heard of

https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

11 2 1 year ago

I don't really understand how the data can be "only briefly exposed" but also it could be confirmed that the records were all new and never-before-seen. Like, is this a problem now or isn't it?

baobun• 1 year ago

I tried tracking it down and from all I can tell, all these articles in the past few days are just shoddy rereporting of people talking about the "MOAB" dump which was widely reported when it came out in January. I haven't found any substantiative claims on anything new since then.

https://se.security.ntt/en/moab-data-leak-exposes-global-vul...

The referenced "Forbes report" which pops up everywhere says:

According to Vilius Petkauskas at Cybernews, whose researchers have been investigating the leakage since the start of the year, “30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each,” have been discovered. In total, Petkauskas has confirmed, the number of compromised records has now hit 16 billion.

It really looks like the Forbes writer is shooting from the hip and mixing things up and all these other sites just running with it. Then the LLMs feed on that. A good study of the hyper-real news cycle at play I guess... What are the actual news this is supposed to distract us from?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/19/16-billi...

The 16B-record data breach that no one's ever heard of

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