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Author Topic: 5 million GMAIL accounts compromised  (Read 2538 times)

Berrick

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5 million GMAIL accounts compromised
« on: September 12, 2014, 10:16:28 AM »

Googles official line;
This is old data collected by phishing etc and that our systems have not been compromised. The leak is a file which contains information on English-, Russian-, and Spanish-speaking users of Google services, such as Gmail and Google Plus.

According to this blog http://www.dailydot.com/crime/google-gmail-5-million-passwords-leaked/ 5 million gmail accounts may have been leaked. It also contains a link to check if your account is one of them (if you trust its kosher).

Most visitors to this site know and practice the following advice (don't we ;) ).
Remember the longer a password is in use the greater the potential for malicious compromise. Change it regularly (or at least once a year) and don't use the same credentials for all websites you register with.

These days you have to assume that at least one of your passwords is sitting around in a hacker database.
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Re: 5 million GMAIL accounts compromised
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 11:04:08 AM »

That's a timely reminder, thanks.
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Re: 5 million GMAIL accounts compromised
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 11:48:10 AM »

>> These days you have to assume that at least one of your passwords is sitting around in a hacker database.

Sad, but likely true :/
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Re: 5 million GMAIL accounts compromised
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 01:27:09 PM »

You can now also use two step verification with Google.
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