A recently discovered online database containing 149 million stolen usernames and passwords has been taken offline after being identified by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler. While the exposure has now been addressed, the scale and nature of the data involved underline a far deeper and ongoing cybersecurity challenge: the industrialisation of credential theft through infostealing malware. The post 149 million compromised credentials expose growing infostealer malware crisis appeared first on IT Security Guru.
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