5 million Google Users Exposed on Bitcoin Security
Google has been hacked and 5 million Gmail credentials have been exposed on the Russian website "Bitcoin Security". The leakage was discovered after a Reddit user submitted credentials on a Reddit sub forum. Daily Mail reports that most of the hacked Gmail-accounts were English, Russian and Spanish. It's estimated that 60% of the accounts were active. A spokesman from Google claims that many of the leaked passwords are most likely taken from another website or service than Gmail. Google told CNews that the credentials from Gmail were stolen through many years with hacking and phising....
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