"Billions of Stolen Passwords For Sale on The Dark Web"

Researchers have discovered that there are more than 15 billion stolen account credentials that are up for sale on cybercrime forums.  Five billion of the stolen credentials up for sale are considered unique, meaning that they have not been offered for sale more than once.  The usernames and passwords found on the cybercriminal marketplaces came from over 100,000 separate data breaches.  The researchers spent a year and a half analyzing the data and found that the amount of misappropriated credentials has risen by 300% since 2018.

WeLiveSecurity reports: "Billions of Stolen Passwords For Sale on The Dark Web"