Australians are being urged to change their passwords after it was revealed over 16 billion usernames and passwords were leaked in the largest data breach ever.

Trevor Long has told 2GB Sydney Now host Clinton Maynard this isn’t the result of one singular hack.

“This is through malware and different means of obtaining this information, it’s all in one place,” he said.

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