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A leak of 16 billion passwords from services including App<\/a>le, Google and Facebook<\/a> poses serious risks for crypto holders.<\/p>\n A massive trove of more than 16 billion login credentials from leading online service providers, including Apple, Google and Facebook, was leaked, with potential consequences for crypto holders.<\/p>\n According to a June 19 report<\/a>, the Cybernews<\/a> research team reviewed \u201c30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.\u201d All together, that came around to \u201ca humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNone of the exposed datasets were reported previously, bar one [\u2026] a \u2018mysterious database\u2019 with 184 million records,\u201d the report reads. Most of the databases contained an average of 550 million entries, while the smallest held over 16 million.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n