A newly discovered database containing 24 billion stolen records is a reminder that personal information from data breaches, phishing campaigns, and infostealer infections continues to circulate online.
The collection was exposed on the internet before being taken offline. While researchers can’t confirm exactly whose information was included, the discovery is a good opportunity to check whether your email addresses, passwords, or other personal data have already been exposed.
Researchers at Cybernews found a publicly exposed database holding more than 8.3 TB of data.
The data, consisting of 24 billion credential records, reportedly came from 36 sources, including numerous Telegram channels, prior breach compilations, collections of infostealer logs, and some datasets apparently exported directly from live servers.
Because the data came from different sources there are some differences in what the records contain and how they are organized.
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