GasBandit
Staff member
Sigh, here we go again.
Sources from Russia are reporting today that a cache of over 5 million email addresses and passwords linked to universal Google accounts have been released on the Russian language Bitcoin forums, opening up hundreds of millions of internet users potentially vulnerable to identity fraud and web based attacks. While Google has claimed that a large number of the details published in this cache are no longer active or out of date, they have still advised that any owner of a Gmail account should change their password, as well as enabling two-factor authentication to ensure the security of all accounts.
The Russian language internet, colloquially knows as RusNet, has long been known as a breeding ground for criminal activity, with an unusually large proportion of spam emails and server attacks being know to originate from the country. This week alone two other caches of account login details have been released on the Russian Bitcoin forums, including Yandex and Mail.ru accounts.
You can find out if any of your accounts have been compromised by the latest series of leaks using this online tool.
via Mashable[DOUBLEPOST=1410447308,1410447215][/DOUBLEPOST]My real name google account password was not leaked, but my gasbandit@gmail.com password was. Glad I have 2 factor authentication. Time to change that password!
Sources from Russia are reporting today that a cache of over 5 million email addresses and passwords linked to universal Google accounts have been released on the Russian language Bitcoin forums, opening up hundreds of millions of internet users potentially vulnerable to identity fraud and web based attacks. While Google has claimed that a large number of the details published in this cache are no longer active or out of date, they have still advised that any owner of a Gmail account should change their password, as well as enabling two-factor authentication to ensure the security of all accounts.
The Russian language internet, colloquially knows as RusNet, has long been known as a breeding ground for criminal activity, with an unusually large proportion of spam emails and server attacks being know to originate from the country. This week alone two other caches of account login details have been released on the Russian Bitcoin forums, including Yandex and Mail.ru accounts.
You can find out if any of your accounts have been compromised by the latest series of leaks using this online tool.
via Mashable[DOUBLEPOST=1410447308,1410447215][/DOUBLEPOST]My real name google account password was not leaked, but my gasbandit@gmail.com password was. Glad I have 2 factor authentication. Time to change that password!
