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Over 24 billion usernames and passwords are up for grabs on cyber-criminal marketplaces and the amount of breached credentials is still rising as hackers take advantage of weak and re-used passwords.  Analysis by cybersecurity researchers at Digital Shadows found that there’s been a 65% increase in usernames and passwords sold, traded or dumped in cyber-criminal forums and underground marketplaces.  Of the usernames and passwords available across hundreds of underground marketplaces, 6.7 billion were unique – up by a third when compared with previous analysis in 2020 – indicating that many usernames and passwords...