This week, Forbes published research from a CyberNews article, which detailed the leakage of 16B credentials. We want to emphasize an important piece of this viral story:
“30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each,” have been discovered.
Aggregating existing stolen data is a common practice in the cybercriminal ecosystem and is one of the many datasets Flare collects today.
Organizations that have a monitoring program and are actively looking for leaked credentials should already be covered, as the research suggests this data is sourced from both “old and recent infostealer logs” as well as “credential stuffing sets, and repackaged leaks.”
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Likely, Flare has already collected the data referenced. We remain consistently vigilant in finding new data.
Staying proactive is your best defense. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and for more information, read No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach from BleepingComputer.
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