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   RockYou2024 leak of 10 billion passwords - the biggest password leak ever   
   https://cybernews.com/security/rockyou2024-largest-password-compilation-leak/   
   https://mashable.com/article/rockyou2024-leaked-password-database   
      
   Cybernews researchers discovered what appears to be the largest password   
   compilation with a staggering 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. The   
   file with the data, titled rockyou2024.txt, was posted on July 4th by forum   
   user ObamaCare.   
      
   While the user registered in late May 2024, they have previously shared an   
   employee database from the law firm Simmons & Simmons, a lead from an   
   online casino AskGamblers, and student applications for Rowan College at   
   Burlington County.   
      
   The team cross-referenced the passwords included in the RockYou2024 leak   
   with data from Cybernews' Leaked Password Checker, which revealed that   
   these passwords came from a mix of old and new data breaches.   
      
   "In its essence, the RockYou2024 leak is a compilation of real-world   
   passwords used by individuals all over the world. Revealing that many   
   passwords for threat actors substantially heightens the risk of credential   
   stuffing attacks," researchers said.   
      
   Credential stuffing attacks can be severely damaging for users and   
   businesses. For example, a recent wave of attacks targeting Santander,   
   Ticketmaster, Advance Auto Parts, QuoteWizard, and others was a direct   
   result of credential stuffing attacks against the victims' cloud service   
   provider, Snowflake.   
      
   "Threat actors could exploit the RockYou2024 password compilation to   
   conduct brute-force attacks and gain unauthorized access to various online   
   accounts used by individuals who employ passwords included in the dataset,"   
   the team explained.   
      
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