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5 million Gmail passwords leaked

Sep 11, 2014#1

GasBandit

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 While Google has claimed that a large number of the details published in this cache are no longer active or out of date, they have still advised that any owner of a Gmail account should change their password, as well as enabling two-factor authentication to ensure the security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!

Sep 11, 2014#2

sixpackshaker

Mine is probably not... that makes me a little worried.

Sep 11, 2014#3

Covar

*cough* Lastpass *cough*

Sep 11, 2014#4

Frank

Mine was found, but it's an old, old, old password.

I also use two-step verification.

Sep 11, 2014#5

DarkAudit

Wasn't on the list. Changed a few passwords this morning, and added 2-step where available.

Sep 11, 2014#6

Chad Sexington

No passwords compromised; I use LastPass (which has 2-factor authentication), and have 2-factor authentication for any service that offers it.

Sep 11, 2014#7

blotsfan

All of mine are good.

Sep 11, 2014#8

blotsfan

I'm amazed that you can have any form of communication that isn't "dad joke" at this point.

Sep 11, 2014#9

PatrThom

stienman said:
"good" is a terrible password.

"goodisaterriblepassword" is a good password?

blotsfan said:
I'm amazed that you can have any form of communication that isn't "dad joke" at this point.

Dude, he's dad^7 now. What did you expect?

--Patrick

Sep 11, 2014#10

evilmike

PatrThom said:
"goodisaterriblepassword" is a good password?

Is anyone else having flashbacks from Gödel, Escher, Bach?

Sep 11, 2014#11

bhamv3

PatrThom said:
"goodisaterriblepassword" is a good password?

Dude, he's dad^7 now. What did you expect?

--Patrick

According to https://howsecureismypassword.net/ it would take 2 quadrillion years to crack "goodisaterriblepassword". Not sure how accurate it is though.[DOUBLEPOST=1410486809,1410486487][/DOUBLEPOST]Huh, this site is actually kinda interesting. Did you know "darth" is among the top 8610 most used passwords? And "skywalker" is in the top 4950. "Password" is in the top 10, as is "1234".

Sep 11, 2014#12

PatrThom

As is "God"

--Patrick

Sep 11, 2014#13

Celt Z

bhamv3 said:
Huh, this site is actually kinda interesting. Did you know "darth" is among the top 8610 most used passwords? And "skywalker" is in the top 4950. "Password" is in the top 10, as is "1234".

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(I'm on my phone and lazy.)

Sep 11, 2014#14