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Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 1:16am On Aug 06, 2014
Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion Internet credentials from major US companies and others around the world in what is likely the biggest data breach ever, security researchers said Tuesday.

The US firm Hold Security said the gang which it dubbed "CyberVor" collected confidential user names and passwords were stolen from some 420,000 websites, ranging from household names to small Internet sites.

"As long as your data is somewhere on the World Wide Web, you may be affected by this breach," Hold said in a statement on its website.

"Your data has not necessarily been stolen from you directly. It could have been stolen from the service or goods providers to whom you entrust your personal information, from your employers, even from your friends and family."

The security firm, which specializes in research on large data breaches, said the cybergang acquired databases of stolen credentials from fellow hackers on the black market, and then installed malware that allowed them to gain access to many websites and social media accounts.

"To the best of our knowledge, they mostly focused on stealing credentials, eventually ending up with the largest cache of stolen personal information, totaling over 1.2 billion unique sets of e-mails and passwords," the researchers said.

"The CyberVors did not differentiate between small or large sites. They didn’t just target large companies; instead, they targeted every site that their victims visited. With hundreds of thousands sites affected, the list includes many leaders in virtually all industries across the world, as well as a multitude of small or even personal websites."

The researchers dubbed the hacker group CyberVor, using the Russian word "vor," for thief.

The New York Times first reported the breach, and said the group of hackers based their operation in south central Russia, a flanked by Kazakhstan and Mongolia, the report said.

The Times said the group includes fewer than a dozen men in their 20s and that their computer servers are believed to be in Russia.

"There is a division of labor within the gang," Hold Security founder Alex Holden is quoted as saying.

"Some are writing the programming, some are stealing the data."


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Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by overhypedsteve(m): 2:12am On Aug 06, 2014
Ghjyj
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by kultimate009: 3:01am On Aug 06, 2014
These russians ehn? Always up to no good
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Dreal1247: 3:08am On Aug 06, 2014
Computer age. Anything can happen. You are not safe. Be careful.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Chuksgeo: 4:04am On Aug 06, 2014
as in seriously. Well the 'vors' may enjoy their loot, I just hope Nairaland was not involved.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Blaqsmith(m): 6:15am On Aug 06, 2014
Like seriously? shocked ...and who notice that Nairaland was offline some minutes back?
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Blaqsmith(m): 6:16am On Aug 06, 2014
Like seriously? shocked ,,,who noticed Nairaland went offline for like 2mins some minutes back?
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by omanifrank(m): 6:40am On Aug 06, 2014
na wa o
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 10:03am On Aug 06, 2014
kultimate009: These russians ehn? Always up to no good
Always in the news for bad things
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 10:03am On Aug 06, 2014
Blaqsmith: Like seriously? shocked ,,,who noticed Nairaland went offline for like 2mins some minutes back?
Na work for Russian hackers be that lol.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 10:05am On Aug 06, 2014
Chuksgeo: as in seriously. Well the 'vors' may enjoy their loot, I just hope Nairaland was not involved.

1.2billions.....I think most of the web site will be affected except they find nairaland passwords useless to them.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Descartes: 10:11am On Aug 06, 2014
Blaqsmith: Like seriously? shocked ...and who notice that Nairaland was offline some minutes back?
It has been since last week. shocked
I warned Seun of the impending attack coming to Nairaland soon. angry
The MODs are not helping matter with the way they ban people. angry
I notice that his firewalls are not that strong cos alot of foreign IPs has been striking his site servers from different continents shocked from my webometric /WebSecurity analysis. lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by Blaqsmith(m): 10:14am On Aug 06, 2014
Descartes:
It has been since last week. shocked
I warned Seun of the impending attack coming to Nairaland soon. angry
The MODs are not helping matter with the way they ban people. angry
I notice that his firewalls are not that strong cos alot of foreign IPs has been striking his site servers fromdifferent continents shocked from my webometric analysis. lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
please keep on warning Seun about this.I can't stand to witness another tsunami on NL again.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 10:24am On Aug 06, 2014
Descartes:
It has been since last week. shocked
I warned Seun of the impending attack coming to Nairaland soon. angry
The MODs are not helping matter with the way they ban people. angry
I notice that his firewalls are not that strong cos alot of foreign IPs has been striking his site servers from different continents shocked from my webometric /WebSecurity analysis. lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
There's nothing you can do in some situations, you just watch It happened.
Re: Check Your Password Now: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Passwords by moneybag100: 7:10pm On Aug 11, 2014
omanifrank: na wa o
Lol...all you have to do is change all of your passwords.

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