Massive breach leaks 26 billion records from new and previous breaches

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I got an email on 1/24/24 from norton@secure.norton.com which stated:

“Massive breach leaks 26 billion records from new and previous breaches.”

Is this legit? I searched and can’t find anything. If so, breach from where??

 

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Wren:

How did you find all that? 

Google: 
Massive breach leaks 26 billion records from new and previous breaches 

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Since there are "only" 8 billion people in the world I guess everybody here is probably on the list.

But actually many of these records and those from previous breaches are inconsequential in nature. But the other few billion...

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I did check the email address the email came from, but I was dismayed that there was no further info in the email. Coming here, I don’t understand why Norton doesn’t have a very easy to find link to the information you provided. 
 

Thank you! I guess this means passwords get changed to just about every site I’ve ever visited. sad

How did you find all that? 

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~ email is legit
Verify that an email you receive from Norton is legitimate
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v71088498

Google: 
Massive breach leaks 26 billion records from new and previous breaches

for example: 

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/the-mother-of-all-breaches-26-billion-records-found-online
https://cybernews.com/security/billions-passwords-credentials-leaked-mother-of-all-breaches/
https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/mother-of-all-breaches-26-billion-records-leaked
https://twitter.com/Norton/status/1750188300852232398 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChkhSiVb8HU