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Title: GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail hacked
Post by: steve58 on May 05, 2016, 08:43:59 AM
OK folks, time to change your passwords again. :(   Looks like the hack affected mostly Russian email, but still millions from Gmail, Microsoft and Yahoo.

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After eliminating duplicates, Holden said, the cache contained nearly 57 million Mail.ru accounts - a big chunk of the 64 million monthly active email users Mail.ru said it had at the end of last year. It also included tens of millions of credentials for the world's three big email providers, Gmail, Microsoft and Yahoo, plus hundreds of thousands of accounts at German and Chinese email providers.
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Yahoo Mail credentials numbered 40 million, or 15 percent of the 272 million unique IDs discovered. Meanwhile, 33 million, or 12 percent, were Microsoft Hotmail accounts and 9 percent, or nearly 24 million, were Gmail, according to Holden.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hundreds-millions-email-accounts-hacked-traded-online-says-expert-n568491
Title: Re: GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail hacked
Post by: mirth on May 05, 2016, 08:55:59 AM
I'm still waiting for the gold certificates from that Nigerian prince who contacted me.
Title: Re: GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail hacked
Post by: Steelgrave on May 05, 2016, 09:02:56 AM
Quote from: mirth on May 05, 2016, 08:55:59 AM
I'm still waiting for the gold certificates from that Nigerian prince who contacted me.

You sent him the fees for the transfer, right? You gotta do that first! Same with the Canadian Lottery I won....which I don't remember entering, but what the hell.
Title: Re: GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail hacked
Post by: Greybriar on May 05, 2016, 10:06:06 AM
Thanks for the heads-up, Steve.
Title: Re: GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail hacked
Post by: JudgeDredd on May 07, 2016, 12:50:51 AM
Quote from: mirth on May 05, 2016, 08:55:59 AM
I'm still waiting for the gold certificates from that Nigerian prince who contacted me.
We must be slitting it 50/50  :P