Report: Russian cybercriminals have stolen 1.2 billion usernames and passwords, 500 million email addresses

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Report: Russian cybercriminals have stolen 1.2 billion usernames and passwords, 500 million email addresses

article published on 5 August, 2014

U.S.-based security firm Hold Security has claimed today that a group of Russian cybercriminals have been quietly stealing and accumulating the most Internet login credentials in the history of the world. In total, 1.2 billion username and password combinations have been stolen, in addition to 500 million email addresses. Hold Security founder Alex Holden says the data was stolen from ... [ read the full article ]

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Clam_Up

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5. August 2014 @ 20:56

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Two points:

1. Sites that demand passwords follow a specified template, i.e. your password must have 3 letters, a number and a symbol, are making hacking faster and easier, not slower and harder. Admins who think they're being trendy by forcing their members to follow clearly specified templates are not helping security at all.

2. The accounts of basic members are not the targets of hackers; at least not the sophisticated ones anyway. The accounts they're after are the ones worth accessing: the admin accounts. It makes no difference how the average Joe jumbles up their passwords. If the admin account isn't the most secure account on the site, forget security for everyone else.

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DarkJello

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6. August 2014 @ 16:16

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So a security site selling me identity theft protection is reporting my identity is at risk of being stolen. Any one not trying to make money off of me reporting this?

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