‘Mother of all Breaches’ sees 26 billion records leaked online:

Cybersecurity reseachers raised the alarm this week after discovering the ‘Mother of all Breaches’ (MOAB).  

With 26billion records leaked online, experts say this is the single biggest data leak in history.

Sensitive records from popular sites including Twitter, Dropbox and Linkedin were discovered on an unsecured site, which experts say could spark a ‘tsunami of cybercrime’.

So, is your data safe? 

Following the news, experts have revealed to MailOnline how to check if your emails or passwords have been compromised. 

Yesterday, researchers from Cybernews and Bob Dyachenko, owner of SecurityDiscovery.com, announced that they had uncovered an enormous data breach.

The researchers discovered that 12 terabytes of data had been stored on an open instance, hidden in plain sight on the internet. 

This data included billions of username and password combinations as well as highly sensitive personal data.

The researchers warn that this dataset could be ‘extremely dangerous’ in the hands of criminals. 

The easiest way to check if this includes any of your information is to use a data breach checker such as Cybernews’ data leak checker.

To use this tool, simply enter your mobile number or email address into the search bar and click ‘Check Now’.

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