Your Online Life at Risk? 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in Mega Breach

If you use Apple, Google, Facebook, or pretty much any major online service, you need to change your passwords right now. Security researchers have just uncovered a massive data breach that exposed more than 16 billion passwords and usernames. This isn’t just old, recycled data—most of these credentials are fresh, collected by malware from people’s devices and now floating around on the dark web.

 

The leak was discovered in June 2025 by cybersecurity experts who found 30 huge databases, each packed with millions or even billions of login details. The information includes not just passwords, but also cookies and tokens, which hackers can use to hijack your accounts even if you haven’t shared your password anywhere.

 

What does this mean for you? If you reuse passwords or haven’t changed them in a while, your accounts are at serious risk. Even if you haven’t noticed anything weird, someone else could be trying to log in as you.

 

Here’s what you should do:

This leak is huge, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a few minutes to update your passwords and protect yourself.

 

Sources: Tom’s Guide, BGR, Hindustan Times, Cybernews