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posted by Cactus on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the uses-same-password-for-everything dept.

c0lo writes:

"Reuters reports that security company Hold Security LLC has uncovered stolen log in credentials from some 360 million online accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets. Some of the more salient points in the article include:

  • The data was made available over the past three weeks, meaning an unprecedented amount of stolen credentials are available for sale underground.
  • The security firm is unsure where the credentials came from or what they can be used to access; the worst case scenario may include online bank account and private health records.
  • The credentials were stolen in breaches that have yet to be publicly reported. The companies attacked may be unaware for the present.

The same source reports the stash was obtained in multiple breaches, but the log in credentials of 105 million accounts may have been taken in a single attack. If confirmed, this would make the largest single breach to date.

Hold Security LLC is the same company that uncovered the Adobe customer data breach in October 2013."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by dougisfunny on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:55PM

    by dougisfunny (3458) on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:55PM (#8135)

    I thought it was 'hookers and blow' or 'blackjack and hookers'

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