India, June 23 -- One of the largest data leaks in history by the number of stolen credentials has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers who revealed 16 billion pieces of data comprising the credentials of most significant online services, including logins and passwords, as well as other sensitive data. The result of the investigation found 30 independent sets of data dumps comprising tens of millions of to more than 3.5 billion records.

The stolen data involves logins to social media, VPNs, developer tools, and such popular services as Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, Telegram, and even government portals. The credentials allow access to much more than just usernames and passwords applied to such a large number of services that y...