People are being advised to be extra vigilant about receiving and opening potentially fraudulent links from scammers.
Sixteen billion passwords have been leaked online.
A number of sites and apps have been affected, including logins belonging to Google, Facebook and Apple.
People are being advised to be extra vigilant about receiving and opening potentially fraudulent links from scammers.
The leaked credentials have been published on the dark web.

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