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16 Billion Credentials Leaked: Why Password-Only Auth Is Dead

If you have a password — and you almost certainly do — there is a reasonable chance it is now sitting in a dataset of 16 billion stolen credentials currently circulating on the internet. In mid-2025, researchers at Cybernews uncovered more than 30 exposed datasets containing over 16 billion username-password combinations, harvested

ShinyHunters Strikes Again: Canvas Hacked as 280 Million Student Records Hang in the Balance

ShinyHunters Strikes Again: Canvas Hacked as 280 Million Student Records Hang in the Balance

The cyber extortion group ShinyHunters has escalated its attack on edtech giant Instructure, defacing Canvas learning management system login portals for approximately 330 educational institutions. The attack comes just weeks after the group claimed responsibility for one of the largest education data breaches in history. What Happened to Canvas? ShinyHunters,