Tens of millions of online login credentials have been compromised in a massive data leak, with Gmail users facing the highest risk. The exposure was uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who uncovered a database of 149 million compromised credentials. The largest batch of stolen credentials was from Gmail, with an estimated 48 million, followed by Facebook with 17 million, 6.5 million were linked to Instagram, four million from Yahoo Mail, Netflix credentials totaled to around 3.4 million and there were 1.5 million from Outlook. The exposed data set included 149 million login credentials, with the most belonging to Gmail usersA Google spokesperson told Daily Mail: 'We are aware of reports regarding a dataset containing a wide range of credentials, including some from Gmail. 'Financial services accounts, crypto wallets or trading accounts, banking and credit card logins also appeared in the limited sample of records I reviewed.'

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2026 14:03 UTC