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Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has discovered a misconfigured and unprotected database containing over 184 million unique login names and passwords.  According to Fowler’s research, shared with Hackread.com, this exposed collection amounted to approximately. 47.42 gigabytes of data.

A Massive Data Leak - The database, which lacked password protection or encryption, stored credentials for numerous online services.  These included popular email providers, major tech platforms such as Mic

Account takeover seeks to infiltrate an existing account and use them for the criminal’s benefit.  Cyber threat actors will target any firm from any market segment, so there is no pattern to follow.  Once the criminal accesses the account, they may make unauthorized purchases and cash advances; they may also change account information so that the real owner does not receive notifications from the account.

According to a recent report, account takeover has tripled over a year-to-year comparison,