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5 Million email passwords leaked Google
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5 Million email passwords leaked.Recent news states that series of leaks were reported by Russian media,the passwords leaked and now lots of people are taking their time checking whether they are among the affected. It is much more appropriate just to change your password ASAP.
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5 Million Email Passwords Leaked, Google: Recent news states that series of leaks were reported by Russian media, affecting local services Mail.ru and Yandex, as well as Gmail: a reported leak from Gmail.com accounts for almost 5 million logins and passwords. It had been preceded with similarly massive leaks from two leading Russian free email providers – Mail.ru (over 4 million) and Yandex.ru (~1 million passwords). While not disastrous by today’s “standards”, it is a wake-up call for those relying on passwords alone, without any “plan B” for occurrences such as this one.
Both Yandex and Mail.ru responded quickly, reporting that the majority of the compromised accounts are either “dead” or bot-created. Also, both companies insist this leak isn’t a result of a single, targeted “gathering” operation, but rather a consequence of long-lasting malware activity on the victims’ PCs.
The next day, the passwords leaked and now lots of people are taking their time checking whether they are among the affected. It is much more appropriate just to change your password ASAP.
Passwords themselves are not an ideal protection. Even when they are a solid combination, and not something of 1234qwerty sort. Criminals have a fair amount of various “picklocks”, so the passwords will be cracked if necessary. Especially if the same ones are used for years.
According to Kaspersky Lab officials,
"passwords should be approached “religiously”, especially in the business sphere. Appropriately, are certain “deadly sins” and “virtues” of the business infosec.
Sins:
1234 and asdfghj passwords
Using the same passwords for a number of various resources
Using the same password for more than half a year
A yellow paper with a password written stuck to your monitor for all to see – a great sin too.
Change your passwords and sin no more.
And about virtues:
Multifactor authentication
Tokens
Passwords long as an airstrip for military bombers
Encrypted storage of the passwords
Surely, it’s a chore to memorize such combinations, but again, there are password managers that allow you to use only one password for all of the resources visited. That makes things much less painful".
There is even a tool to check if your account is compromised or not: https://isleaked.com/en.php
Do let me know if you are planning to do any story around this and require any additional information. Kaspersky Lab officials will be glad to contribute.
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