The file was left entirely unprotected - no encryption, no password, no safeguards - just a plain text document holding millions of sensitive data entries.

The original source of the report, Cybernews, says that since the start of the year, its researchers have “discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.

Users of several social media platforms are being urged to reset their passwords following findings of a vast data breach in a recent Cybernews investigation. Approximately 16 billion passwords and other login credentials to Google,