149 million logins and passwords exposed for Gmail, Facebook, Instagram and more — everything you need to know

Image credit: Freepik. Article by Anthony Spadafora. Tom’s Guide – January 26, 2026.

No, this wasn’t a data breach and hackers weren’t involved, at least not in the way that you might think. They didn’t break into Google or Meta’s systems or steal your data from the inside. Instead, this new data leak involved a massive collection of stolen passwords accumulated by info-stealing malware. According to a new report from ExpressVPN, cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler recently discovered an exposed database online that contained approximately 149,404,754 unique logins and passwords […]

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