This Record Credential Leak Could Change How You Log In Forever —Here’s Why
A massive leak of over 16 billion login credentials from platforms like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and Facebook (NASDAQ:META) reveals critical vulnerabilities in centralized data systems, with experts warning that such breaches highlight the urgent need for decentralized, secure architectures to protect user identities.
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered one of the largest data breaches in history, with over 16 billion login credentials from major platforms, including Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, and Telegram, exposed online.
The breach, reported by Cybernews, stems from 30 massive datasets discovered this year, each containing tens of millions to 3.5 billion records, accessed through misconfigured cloud storage or Elasticsearch instances.
Speaking with Benzinga, Ram Kumar, a core contributor at OpenLedger, emphasized the systemic issues behind the breach: “This breach isn’t just a cybersecurity failure, but also a legal and structural one. Centralized platforms that collect and silo massive amounts of user data are creating unacceptable liability surfaces.”
Kumar advocates for a shift to decentralized systems using on-chain …
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