02-03-2019, 04:30 AM
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2.2 Billion Pwned Accounts Found In A New Data Dump
These user database dumps are becoming all too. frequent.
Check if you've been compromised on https://haveibeenpwned.com
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Hackers have been exploiting vulnerabilities, stealing data, selling information, and combining login credentials for decades now. Every now and then, a new major breach is reported, and year after year, the definition of a ‘big breach’ is getting changed to fit the new exploit.
Now, however, the definition is going to be reconsidered again, after the new, massive data dump has been discovered.
Several weeks ago, a website called Have I Benn Pwned? included a newly-found database that had around 773 million unique email addresses, as well as 21 million passwords. The data was found on an undisclosed hacking forum, and it was believed to be one of the largest data dumps in recent years. Researchers have named this Collection #1, and anyone wishing to check if their data was affected could have done so by going to Have I Been Pwned? site.
Now, however, Collections #2-5 have been uncovered as well, and the total number of affected accounts has skyrocketed to 2.2 billion. The second cache was found by Germany’s Hasso-Plattner Institute (HPI), and its researchers have confirmed that this data and Collection #1 come from the same collection.
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https://koddos.net/blog/2-2-billion-...new-data-dump/ |
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