Data in ‘Mother of All Breaches’ Was Likely Stolen Years Ago

A massive database of stolen credentials resurfaces, but it comprises years of stolen data collated from previous breaches.

Recent breach is actually a compilation

Widespread headlines warned of the “mother of all breaches” this week, after cybersecurity news outlet Cybernews discovered a colossal trove of 1.2TB of exposed login credentials.

Despite the frenzy, experts stress that this isn’t a data breach, but rather a repackaging of stolen data collected over many years.

Rather than being