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“Collection #1” is the nickname of the latest dump of e-mail addresses and passwords\u2014a stockpile of login credentials from a variety of confirmed and alleged data breaches. Reportedly, multiple other “collections” have also been discovered.<\/p>\n
Collection #1 is reportedly one of the largest user credential data dumps to date, collecting e-mail addresses and passwords from thousands of sources, including previously known data breaches and some new alleged breaches. By the numbers, the dump includes roughly:<\/p>\n
As mentioned, there are other “collections” of data that were found as well, named Collection #2 through #5, “AP MYR&ZABUGOR #2,” and “ANTIPUBLIC #1.” The latter is presumably the so-called Anti Public Combo List<\/a>, an old dump from December 2016.<\/p>\n Troy Hunt, the world’s foremost expert on data breaches, has\u00a0assessed<\/a>\u00a0Collection #1, but has not yet analyzed the additional collections to determine their scope and significance.<\/p>\n Check out our related article, How to Avoid Getting Hacked After Data Breaches<\/a>, to find out whether your e-mail address or password has ended up in Collection #1 or any other major dumps or breaches.<\/p>\n For more about Collection #1, check out Troy Hunt’s article, The 773 Million Record “Collection #1” Data Breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Collection #1” is the nickname of the latest dump of e-mail addresses and passwords\u2014a stockpile of login credentials from a variety of confirmed and alleged data breaches. Reportedly, multiple other “collections” have also been discovered. What’s included in this data dump? Collection #1 is reportedly one of the largest user credential data dumps to date, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":85345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[43,96],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\nWas my e-mail address or password included?<\/h3>\n
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