India, Oct. 28 -- A major data breach might have compromised the security of 183 million passwords of internet users, an expert named Troy Hunt has claimed. According to the Daily Mail, this breach happened in April this year and has compromised the security of millions of email accounts across a variety of domains, including Google, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.

The stolen data amounts to 3.5 terrabytes, which is equal to 875 full-length HD movies, the website reported.

Hunt's website - haveibeenpwned.com - allows users to check whether their email account has been a victim of a data security breach. The Australian cyber expert says that the passwords weren't leaked in a single instance, but in a collection of 'stealer logs', which are 'a serie...