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Millions of Google, Yahoo email accounts hacked: Security expert
The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majority of users of Mail.ru, Russia’s most popular email services.
Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters.
The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majority of users of Mail.ru, Russia's most popular email service, and smaller fractions of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft email users, said Alex Holden, founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security.
After eliminating duplicates, Holden said, the cache contained nearly 57 million Mail. ru accounts - a big chunk of the 64 million monthly active email users Mail.ru said it had at the end of last year.
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/millions-of-google-yahoo-email-accounts-hacked-security-expert/52117411
The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majority of users of Mail.ru, Russia’s most popular email services.
Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters.
The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majority of users of Mail.ru, Russia's most popular email service, and smaller fractions of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft email users, said Alex Holden, founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security.
After eliminating duplicates, Holden said, the cache contained nearly 57 million Mail. ru accounts - a big chunk of the 64 million monthly active email users Mail.ru said it had at the end of last year.
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/millions-of-google-yahoo-email-accounts-hacked-security-expert/52117411
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