VK.com Database Up For Sale on Dark Web for One Bitcoin
Speaking of passwords, one of the people responsible for this breach mentions how the information was not encrypted by VK.com. The Russian Facebook, often referred to as VK.com, was hacked by unknown assailants. LeakedSource broke the news, as they have obtained a copy of the leaked database belonging to this platform. Over 100 million accounts have been compromised, and the data can be bought for the price of one Bitcoin. Many people would not associate social networks with Russia, yet VK.com has quickly become incredibly popular in the region. Albeit the platform takes a lot of....
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