Widespread password leaks reported - no alerts from service providers?

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I keep reading about Facebook, Apple et al having had serious password leaks but so far have had nothing from any service provider named as affected in terms of what actions I should take to mitigate this or even to let me know it’s happened.

My AIBU is - should they have said, and guided me through the mitigation (so AINBU) or should I be taking steps myself as it’s well publicised?

Where are you reading it?

Yes happened a couple of days ago,friend who posted it on her FB is a conspiracy theorist so I didn’t believe it,but it’s true.Changed all my passwords yesterday.

https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

just one example, type 16 billion password leak into Google and you will get loads of articles

First thing I did was check my email and my Nord VPN password monitor and both haven't reported anything. I wonder if it's because it takes time for them to check who was affected. Remember how long M&S took to send customers an update? Someone who knows more about this will hopefully comment on whether since we left the EU, whether the privacy laws on how providers deal with data leaks might have changed that they now have more time to contact us or less strict rules on notifying us with breaches..

I checked my email on haveibeenpwned.com and there isn't any newer leaks on my email address but maybe it's a matter of time. It's hell of a lot of accounts leaked, 16 billion is astonishing. These big companies like Meta need to do more to protect our privacy specially as they are making it harder to have throw away emails and fake aliases to use social media and the internet generally.

As far as I can make out it’s some internet “cyber security expert” making everyone panic which in turn will get him more clicks/likes/business. He himself says he “discovers” gazillions of data breaches on a weekly basis but this was massive.

that said, It appears to be more of a risk for those not signed up to 2 factor authentication which most of the big companies insist on now. So I’m not too freaked out.

What???

*goes off to check the main news sites 😮