Dark web discovery

POLICE are urging locals to ensure their passwords on the internet are strong and not the same for every account.

More than 1.4 billion email addresses, passwords and other credentials were found on the ’dark web’.

Security business 4iQ discovered the online database which collected information from more than 200 data breaches.

For more information visit the R U in Control page on the mypolice blog: www.mypolice.qld.gov.au/incontrol