Massive data breach reveals 26 bn records from LinkedIn, Snap, X

Cybersecurity researchers have warned that a database containing over 26 billion leaked data records has been discovered, including users’ data from LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, Weibo, Tencent, and other major platforms.The researchers referred to this massive data leak as the ‘Mother of All Breaches’ (MOAB) and said it’s the biggest data leak found to date.This data leak, which contains 12-terabytes (TB) of information, was discovered by security researchers from Security Discovery and Cybernews.The researchers claimed that while the majority of the data in the stolen dataset comes from previous data breaches, it most likely contains previously unpublished new material as well.