Security breaches and potential bioweapons?

What even is going on?

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Yemi Davis
June 23, 2025

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Yeaaaahh…you probably should go change your passwords…

In what may be the largest credential leak ever recorded, researchers have uncovered 16 billion login credentials exposed online, and there’s a good chance your login details are included.

The leak isn’t from a single hack, but a combination of 30 separate datasets, many of them freshly scraped from the infostealer malware - a malicious software that quietly steals login info, cookies, session tokens, and other digital breadcrumbs from infected devices.

Unlike past leaks full of outdated or duplicated data, this one appears dangerously fresh. The datasets include logins tied to services like Facebook, Google, Apple, Telegram, and GitHub, not because those companies were directly breached, but because user credentials were stolen while logging into those platforms.

The implications are massive: account takeovers, phishing scams, identity theft, and even bypassing two-factor authentication using stolen tokens. Researchers say new mega-dumps like this are appearing every few weeks, signalling a shift in how cybercriminals operate.

There’s no clear way to tell how many unique users were affected, but even with duplicates, the scale is jaw-dropping. And with no confirmed source behind the leak, there’s no official damage control, meaning we’re largely on our own for the most part.

Here’s what you can do:

  • Change your passwords (and for the love of God, don’t use the same password for all your accounts lol)

  • Consider using a password manager to store everything. iPhones have the built-in Passwords app, and Android devices also have their own version of that. If you’re a privacy nerd, check out Bitwarden

  • Consider setting up two-factor authentication (2FA)

You can check if you’ve been compromised by using Cybernews’ tool or HaveIBeenPwned

FBI arrests two scientists attempting to smuggle a dangerous bioweapon into the US

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with smuggling a potentially dangerous biological pathogen into the US.

According to the US Attorney’s Office in Michigan, 33-year-old Yunqing Jian and 34-year-old Zunyong Liu attempted to bring Fusarium graminearum (bruh, how do you even pronounce that) into the country. It is a fungus known to devastate crops like wheat, barley, and maize, and capable of causing serious health issues if it contaminates food supplies.

Authorities say Liu smuggled the fungus through Detroit airport, allegedly planning to study it at a University of Michigan lab where Jian, his girlfriend, worked.

A Chinese embassy spokesperson responded that Beijing expects its citizens to follow local laws and will defend their legal rights.

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