Russian Hackers Have 270 Million Email Logins, Including Gmail and Yahoo Accounts
It may be a good time to update your email password. A report from Reuters suggests that over 270 million hacked email credentials—including those from Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo—are circulating among Russian digital crime rings.
Reuters reports that an investigation by Hold Security revealed the huge stash of login details, that are said to be being traded among criminals. Most of the credentials relate to the Russian email service mail.ru, but the team has also identified details from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
The team from Hold Security was offered a tranche of 1.17 billion email user records in an online forum, and asked to pay just $1 for a copy of the data. The team refuses to pay for stolen data, but was given the information anyway when it offered to post positive comments about the hacker online.
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