How to protect against RockYou2024?
While there is no silver bullet to protect users who had their passwords exposed, impacted individuals and organizations should take up mitigation strategies. The Cybernews research team advises to:
- Immediately reset the passwords for all accounts associated with the leaked passwords. It is strongly recommended to select strong, unique passwords that are not reused across multiple platforms
- Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible. This enhances security by requiring additional verification beyond a password
- Utilize password manager software to securely generate and store complex passwords. Password managers mitigate the risk of password reuse across different accounts
Cybernews will include data from RockYou2024 in the Leaked Password Checker, allowing anyone to check if their credentials were exposed via the latest record-holding exposed password compilation.
With RockYou2024, we witnessed a second record-breaking compilation leaked online in 2024. Earlier this year, Cybernews discovered the Mother of all breaches (MOAB), comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records.
