(09-11-2014, 11:28 AM)machinecode Wrote: 5 Million Gmail Usernames, Passwords Hacked And Posted To Russian Bitcoin Forum: Report

Quote:Hackers appear to have dumped nearly 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords to a Russian bitcoin forum. Word first spread of the still-unconfirmed hack when a user posted a link to the log-in credentials in a security-centric corner of Reddit frequented by hackers, professional and aspiring.
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The database (which International Business Times will not link to) contains 4.93 million Google accounts belonging to English-, Russian- and Spanish-speaking users. Posts on the Russian-language bitcoin security forum asserted that more than 60 percent of the identities in question were still in use and could be accessed immediately, reported RIA Novosti, a Russian media outlet.

http://www.ibtimes.com/5-million-gmail-usernames-passwords-hacked-posted-russian-bitcoin-forum-report-1684368