A staggering leak of 16 billion passwords, reported by Forbes on June 23, 2025, has cybersecurity experts and the Better Business Bureau urging Americans nationwide to change their passwords immediately.

The leaked login credentials spanned 30 databases, many of which contained recent, structured data harvested by infostealer malware. "This is not just a leak – it's a blueprint for mass exploitation," said Cybernews researchers.

The original source of the report, Cybernews, says that since the start of the year, its researchers have “discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.