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Hack Brief: An Astonishing 773 Million Records Exposed in Monster Breach

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 4:32 p.m.

b'There are breaches, and there are megabreaches, and there\\u2019s Equifax. But a newly revealed trove of leaked data tops them all for sheer volume: 772,904,991 million unique email addresses, over 21 million unique passwords, all recently posted to a hacking forum. The data set was first reported by security researcher Troy Hunt, who maintains Have I Been Pwned, a way to search whether your own email or password has been compromised by a breach at any point. (Trick question: It has.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'