A vast collection of 183 million email addresses and passwords, including confirmed login credentials for Gmail accounts, has surfaced online.
Users are urged to update credentials immediately, according to the breach monitoring service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), run by cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt.
The entry for each record typically comprised the site URL, the user’s email and the password.
Author's summary: Gmail accounts were breached, affecting 183 million users.