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A massive and optimized hack database, which includes an index and search capability in a collection of previous leaks, hacks and sold private databases was discovered by security researchers.
The researcher Bob Dychenko together with the team of the cyber news site Cybernews, discovered the database containing tens of billions of records on the open network, it is the largest ever discovered, and apparently based on a previous huge database that has already been reported in the past and is now being retweeted.
The database, known by its acronym MOAB ("mother of all hacks" in loose translation), contains 26 billion records, in 3,800 folders, with each folder containing a previous hack or other huge leak, but apparently also containing new stolen information that was not previously recorded.
"This database is very dangerous, and threat actors can use the stored information for a wide variety of attacks, including identity theft, sophisticated phishing attacks, and accessing sensitive accounts," the researchers told Cybernews.
"The mother of the hacks" contains, among other things, hundreds of millions of records of past hacks and leaks from entities such as the Chinese Weibo (504 million), MySpace (360 million), Twitter (281 million), Deezer (258 million), LinkedIn (251 million), Adobe (153 million), the Russian social network VK with 101 million records, Dropbox (69 million), Telegram (41 million) and many other companies.
The researchers also estimate that the copy database also contains information stolen from government organizations in the United States, Brazil, Germany, the Philippines, Turkey and other countries.
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what can we do?
First, check if your information is in the database by checking here.
But even if your email appears in the records, this is not necessarily a reason to panic.
If this is another new leak that you are not familiar with from the past, change the password in the hacked service, and continue to observe the usual security rules: do not use the same password for several different websites or services, and activate two-step verification where possible.
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