Huge data leak of 149 million credentials exposed without any protection – 98GB of unique usernames and passwords from financial services, social media accounts and dating apps

• Enormous trove of 149 million credentials exposed online
• Included usernames and passwords for banking, social media, and .gov accounts
• It isn't known how long the database was exposed for, but it has now been taken down

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler (via ExpressVPN) has once again uncovered a huge publicly accessible trove of data.

The massive container of unique usernames and passwords was exposed on the web without any password or encryption protection.

The data contained over 149 million combinations of usernames and passwords totalling around 98 gigabytes of credentials spanning online accounts of almost every kind.

149,000,000 credentials exposed

The credentials found within the container covered financial services including cryptocurrency wallets, trading accounts, and ...