Saturday, December 7, 2013

2M Facebook, Gmail, Twitter Passwords Stolen in Massive Hack

  1. Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week.
  2. The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trustwave said. 
  3. The virus was capturing login credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers
  4. On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for 93,000 websites, including:
    318,000 Facebook accounts
    70,000 Gmail, Google+ and YouTube accounts 60,000 Yahoo accounts 22,000 Twitter accounts 9,000 Odnoklassniki accounts (a Russian social network) 8,000 ADP.accounts 8,000 LinkedIn accounts
  5. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/24135669/2-million-facebook-gmail-twitter-passwords-stolen-in-massive-hack

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