Check Your Accounts: 10 Billion Passwords Exposed in Largest Leak Ever

The 'RockYou2024' database includes almost 10 billion passwords pulled from 'a mix of old and new data breaches.' Here's how to check if yours are at risk.

Are you reusing your passwords across multiple sites? It's time to reconsider.

Researchers at Cybernews have uncovered a massive trove of nearly 10 billion passwords on a popular hacking forum in what they're calling "largest password compilation" ever.

The file, titled rockyou2024.txt, was posted on July 4 by someone going by the name ObamaCare and contains a mind-boggling 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. The user only joined the forum in late May, but they've posted data from other breaches, too.

According to Cybernews, this RockYou2024 file is "a mix of old and new data breaches." So it's not necessarily a new breach that ensnared 10 billion passwords. But compiling all these passwords into one massive, searchable database "substantially heightens the risk of credential stuffing attacks," Cybernews says.

Credential stuffing is when someone takes passwords obtained from one data breach and uses them to try to log into unrelated services. For instance, someone might use a password obtained from the AT&T breach to see if you use the same password for your bank account.

This isn’t the first RockYou password drop, but it is the largest. In 2021, RockYou2021 included 8.4 billion plain text passwords. Cybernews suspects the current file version contains a compilation of passwords obtained over the past 20 years, including those original 8.4 billion, so there’s a good chance at least one of your passwords is in it.

Cybernews has a Leaked Password Checker where you can plug in codes to see if they've been exposed. If you spot one, or just think one of yours may be weak, change it immediately to a strong password. Then, double-check your other accounts to make sure you're not reusing any passwords across services, and enable multi-factor authentication if it's offered. A password manager can help you keep things organized.

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Need key in password to check?

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Password:pmXcheeBuy1234&

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https://cybernews.com/password-leak-check/ this site good to check password

Time to upgrade to didi scanning replacing psswd.

Put in password to check if its been leaked! Great idea!

Can use it to check your password partially
e.g., (example from another ktard)
Password:pmXcheeBuy1234&
Key in XcheeB see got hit or not

got leak liao....

Nowadays have to remember so many passwords. 😞

Yea, that's whatever you enter will go into next year's expanded database 😁

once you key in ur password to check, the website steal ur info, check ur cookies , know which website you browse, know your ids, know ur email address, then u key in password for them to login Lmao

The checker is the source of leak?

i gonna give u the password...can u help me check?

ini tested...
replied
You are safe for now

So now we all can use ths password, hope no one use them to try on other ppl login

This post has been edited by taitianhin: Jul 9 2024, 10:39 PM

Don't enter your pwd to any website to check.

The database is a txt file ie. rockyou2024.txt



45.61GB zipped. 145GB after extraction.

https://s3.timeweb.cloud/fd51ce25-6f95e3f8-...rockyou2024.zip

got my password leaked before.. it got nothing to do with how strong is my password.. all leaked passwords were due to website database being hacked and hackers managed to decrypt the database..

This post has been edited by zeese: Jul 9 2024, 10:44 PM

Here my password

Password

few days ago i checked.. it's not there...

after few days it's there...