The JustNashy Leak: More Than Just Data

In recent days, the cybersecurity community has been alarmed by the emergence of a massive data leak known as alien txtbase, which was recently indexed on have i been pwned (hibp). The new collection leak, which was first reported by heise, contains 2. 2 billion unique usernames and passwords. In total it contains 845gb of data and more than 25bn records. In total it contains. Simply put, a data leak is when sensitive data is unknowingly exposed to the public, and a data breach is an event caused by a cyberattack.

Now, on a smaller scale, another data aggregator has exposed. In june 2021, linkedin faced a significant data breach when a hacker named tomliner put data from 700 million users up for sale on a darknet forum. This breach affected nearly 90% of linkedins user base, making it the largest data leak in the platforms history. In one of the largest irs data breaches in history, the tax records of more than 400,000 businesses and individuals were leaked to propublica by an irs contractor who illegally accessed and. The database that exposed over 600,000 records belongs to sl data services, llc, an information research provider that appears to prioritize convenience over basic data security. The company operates a sprawling network of around 16 websites, including propertyrec, which advertises real estate ownership data and property records.