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2 million stolen passwords from Facebook, Google and Yahoo!

2 million stolen passwords from Facebook, Google and Yahoo!

12-12-2013 14:58:00
Hackers stole two million passwords and logins, in order to log into the account the users the most popular websites.
 
Real proven to ensure that there is no data theft from mail servers. Passwords and logins were obtained by phishing attack, using fake web site.
 
Information about the theft gave the company Trustwave, dealing with network security. Hackers gained data through virus - installed on an unspecified number of computers around the world . Employees Trustwave tracked down a server in the Netherlands, where they found the information  on about 318 thousand accounts on Facebook, 70 thousand accounts on Gmail, Google and Youtube and 60 thousand Yahoo accounts.
 
Google will automatically reset itself disclosed data. This procedure has not yet been completed. The Mountain View company announces that it will change your passwords on a regular basis, as far as determining the actual scale of the leak. Preventive measures adopted also in other websites.
 
This is another cyber attack on websites in recent months. Is our date really secure? 
 
Source: SSLGURU.com/theregister.co.uk

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