Russian hackers publish nearly 5 million Gmail passwords

[steve2470]

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/09/10/russian-hackers-publish-nearly-5-million-gmail-passwords/

Nearly 5 million Gmail passwords were published on a Russian-language bitcoin security forum on Tuesday, according to a report from The Daily Dot.

The publisher, known as “tvskit,” claimed 60 percent of the 4,930,000 leaked usernames and passwords are valid. Spanish-, English-, and Russian-language Gmail and Google Plus accounts were targeted, along with user credentials for Russian search engine Yandex.

Many of the leaked accounts have been suspended or have newer passwords, according to The Daily Dot.

Google and Yandex representatives told CNews, a Russia-based news provider, that the data was collected through years of phishing and that their own systems were not compromised.

[snooper2]

1. The only problem is they don't have the corresponding user names

[Taitertots]

3. In Russia, the password names you

[tazkcmo]

2. Hope they got mine

I opened that account years ago and forgot my password the day after I did it.

[Travis_0004]

4. Google allows two factor authentication

So if you log in from a new computer google sends you a text message with a security code and you have to use that code to log in. So even if somebody knows your password they need your cell phone as well.

Also I use a unique password for every site.

The first letter of the website name is the first letter of my password.

So my google password might be 'GPassword'.

DU might be 'Dpassword'

If somebody has stolen my gmail password they might try my login and password at 5/3 bank but the passwords don't match since there correct password is 5password. A human could catch on to the trend but generally hackers are trying in bulk on automated systems.

[randome]

6. Interesting system.

I always choose a password with an equal number of letters on the left side of the keyboard as on the right. Generally makes it faster to type and serves as a personal reminder.
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[hobbit709]

5. The only reason I even have a gmail account is you need one to post on youtube.

I don't use it for anything else and no one has the address. I even got google to quit sending me their spam when I started marking it as spam and forwarding it to [e-mail].