Today’s report by security expert Jeremiah Fowler of a massive unsecured database full of usernames and passwords shouldn’t necessarily frighten you, but it should spur you to action. If you have any weak passwords protecting accounts with sensitive information, or if you’ve reused the same password — however strong — on multiple accounts, now would be an excellent time to change them and set up two-factor authentication.
Fowler reported on Website Planet that the database, which he found unlocked and without any encryption on an anonymously registered server, contained a little over 184 million records. These included
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