Russian hackers, according to a security company about 1.2 billion combinations of usernames and passwords stolen. It is probably the largest theft of login details until now. There were also 500 million email addresses captured.
Reports that The New York Times on the basis of a finding of the security company Hold Security. According to the company, a group of Russian hackers in a total of approximately 1.2 billion usernames and passwords were stolen from about 420,000 to websites. In the digital roof were also 500 million email addresses involved. The New York Times claims that they have consulted independent beveiligingsexpert the discovery of Hold Security as an authentic source.
Hold Security has no names released of companies that have become a victim of the hackers. Or would it go to both large and small companies, both within and outside the United States. A top executive of Hold Security claims that most of the affected websites are still susceptible to hacks, which means no names will be released.
Yet would the controllers the data is mainly used for sending spam, and the stolen data is probably not yet sold. The precise plans of the responsible computer hacker group are not clear, however. Supposedly, the theft of 1.2 billion login details the largest digital roof that, until now, has been discovered. The cybercrime unit of the United Kingdom called recently Russian hackers are still the biggest threat for cyber security in Europe.
Hold Security discovered last year in a major hack on Adobe’s servers, where the data of 38 million users were stolen. Also discovered Hold Security earlier this year a major hack in which no less than 360 million personal data were stolen.
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