Russian Internet forum, a discussion about Bitcoin, made public in 10 million. e-mail service Gmail, Mail.ru and Yandex.ru passwords with user names. The list of their data and found the Lithuanians, one of them - an information technology specialist Džiugas Parsons.
The site Btcsec.com-publicized list of about 5 million. Gmail passwords, another 4.6 million. Mail.ru customers' passwords, and about 1.2 million. Yandex.ru users' passwords.
The hacker, calling himself the pseudonym "tvskit, says that more than 60 percent. usernames and passwords are still working. However, Google and Yandex representatives called the alleged leak data, purportedly published data have been collected over many years by the so-called phishing (called. Phishing) attacks and hacking. The company has also ensured that their systems were not hacked.
Google representatives said that many accounts have been suspended long ago, the owners of the other profiles, passwords have changed. But this is not all.
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The database is in English, Russian, and Spanish-speaking Gmail user passwords. But it is - not a guarantee that your data will not be made public.
The fact that the username and password has become known to hackers, he learned upon visiting the site IsLeaked.com. You entered your e-mail. mail address can be found, or a password is leaking, and if so - recorded his first two characters.
"Finally, something from me online stolen - ironizavo D.Paršonis. - The password is old, maybe 5 years, which has not been amended. Is it still does not change because my other system, I am using all individual and different passwords. And when you have a few dozen different profiles, find it difficult to remember everything. "
He said he did not believe the version that the passwords were not stolen directly from Google, because in any other websites while the password is not registered. "Unless it was a scam and in a site were asked to log in using a Google profile, and the fake image" - considered an IT professional.
Just found out about the leak D.Paršonis password to change rapidly, and joined Google's proposed two-step verification - in this case, connect to the service of the new device is sent to the owner of the phone number, not keyed to achieve the profile will fail. Of course, if you connect the library or other public place, you can set the code to be sent each time.
"I once thought of this a long time ago to join, but I forget. Now it turns on. Confirmation is a good two steps this is in cases where steals your data and try to connect to a profile "- noted the interviewer.
Asked whether the e-mail. the post office had important data upon which hackers could do even more damage D.Paršonis joked that her breasts does not take "Payment information is not there, unless the account number to find out still have to send a variety of contracts and the like. And more - personal information. In any case, this is a private post and be embarrassing if someone disassembled after it. "
