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The Inquirer writes about research carried out by Google and the University of California which found over than 1.9 billion usernames and passwords available on the black market, many of which provide access to active Google accounts.
The researchers used Google's proprietary data to see whether or not stolen passwords could be used to gain access to user accounts, and found that an estimated 25 per cent of the stolen credentials can successfully be used by cyber crooks to gain access to functioning Google accounts.
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Google: 25 per cent of black market passwords can access accounts
Data breaches, phishing, or malware? Understanding the risks of stolen credentials
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average drivers.
(Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Monday November 20 2017, @07:36AM (1 child)
But note that "god" is reserved for sysadmins.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 22 2017, @03:48AM
I'm not a sysadmin. I don't think I'm a sysadmin. And I use that one a lot.