馃寪 Largest Data Leak Ever: 16 Billion Records Exposed Across Major Consumer Networks

Today, the cybersecurity world was rocked by the discovery of the largest data leak in history, exposing a staggering 16 billion login credentials from nearly every major consumer network. This unprecedented breach, compiled through infostealer malware, poses a severe risk of phishing, identity theft, and account takeovers on a global scale. 馃毃 What Happened? On June 19, 2025, researchers from Cybernews and other cybersecurity groups reported the discovery of 30 exposed databases containing 16 billion unique login records, including usernames, passwords, cookies, and tokens. These credentials were collected via infostealer malware infecting devices worldwide and were later improperly stored online, making them accessible to cybercriminals. ...

June 19, 2025 路 4 min 路 723 words 路 Me (Brandon)

馃敀 Why I'm Leaving Cloudflare for Privacy Reasons

Cloudflare is one of the most widely used web infrastructure platforms in the world. It provides everything from DNS to CDN, edge compute, security, and more鈥攁ll for free or cheap. For a long time, it seemed like the obvious choice. But I鈥檓 moving away from Cloudflare. Not because it鈥檚 unreliable鈥攂ut because it鈥檚 too centralized, too powerful, and too invasive. 馃 Why I鈥檓 Leaving Cloudflare is more than a tool鈥攊t鈥檚 a chokepoint. When you use their proxy, you鈥檙e handing over: ...

June 15, 2025 路 3 min 路 474 words 路 Me (Brandon)