The Breach: The Digital Front Door Left Wide Open Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler stumbled across a database so unsecured it might as well have been posted on a billboard. We’re talking 180 million usernames and passwords tied to major platforms like Gmail, PayPal, Netflix, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Discord. But it doesn’t stop there — sensitive access data for banks, healthcare portals, and government accounts were also laid bare, with no locks or alarms. This wasn’t a sophisticated cyber-heist. No, this was a criminal free-for-all — a feeding frenzy of infostealer malware infections. These digital parasites slip in unnoticed, burrowing into your devices and gobbling up login credentials faster than your bank’s customer service line can say “we’re experiencing higher-than-normal…
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