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Collection 1 data breach: what you need to know

January 18, 2019 admin 101, breaches, Brian Krebs, Collection #1, data breach, data dump, extortion, hack, hacking, haveibeenpwned, How-tos, MEGA, passwords, PPI, Troy Hunt, user awareness

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:33:40 +0000

In what’s being dubbed one of the largest data dumps in history, Collection 1 contains the data of over 770 million people. But is it really as bad as it sounds? We take a closer look and let users know what to do if their info is caught up in the mix.

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