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10B Passwords Pop Up on Dark Web 'RockYou2024' Release

ID: 5310f05b-2a23-566c-b4d3-f74a7dbb6158

STIX ID: report--5310f05b-2a23-566c-b4d3-f74a7dbb6158

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
35/100

Date Published: 2024-07-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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A publicly posted compilation named RockYou2024 claims to contain nearly 10 billion plaintext passwords. Analysts say the dataset is low-quality and of limited utility for cracking individual hashes, but reused passwords combined with other breach data could enable credential-stuffing; users and organizations are advised to enforce unique, complex passwords and MFA.

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