Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed

Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among others

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Internet users have been told to change their passwords and upgrade their digital security after researchers claimed to have revealed the scale of sensitive information - 16bn login records - potentially available to cybercriminals.

Researchers at Cybernews, an online tech publication, said they had found 30 datasets stuffed with credentials harvested from malicious software known as infostealers" and leaks.