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Another day, another massive cyber crime. Get those passwords changed!

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24.06.2025

20 June 2025, 14:20 | Updated: 20 June 2025, 14:24

By Will Guyatt, technology correspondent

Another day, another massive cyber crime. But how did we get here?

If you’re a user of Apple, Facebook or Google services - in other words, pretty much anyone that uses the Internet, experts have warned you should change your password immediately.

New research from CyberNews suggests an eye watering 16bn online records have found their way onto the darkweb - and it’s a new and recent set of information.

It’s said the data also includes Instagram, Microsoft, Netflix, Paypal, Roblox, Discord, Telegram and the coding platform, GitHub have all been affected.

Read more: Apple, Facebook and Google users urged to change passwords following colossal data........

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