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Time to update your password: 26 billion personal records leaked

An astronomical 26 billion records of leaked, breach, and sold data has been discovered on the web—and it’s likely your information is caught up in the mix.

Discovered by cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko of and the team at , news released Tuesday about this massive collection of users logins and personally identifiable information. The set spans a whopping 12 terabytes of data; Cybernews called it the “mother of all breaches.”

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