Five million Gmail passwords have apparently been exposed, though there is speculation where these passwords are being used. According to RT, the password and email pairs were leaked onto a Russian cyber security forum. An administrator for the forum has since removed the passwords, leaving only the exposed logins.
There's no indication that Google's services were actually attacked in order to obtain the passwords. Hackers could have exploited other databases to obtain passwords that coincidentally work with some Gmail accounts. Multiple forum members confirm that approximately 60% of the leaked passwords are valid, which isn't much of a surprise when you see how simple most of the passwords are.
If you want to see if your username and password are included in this leak, you can use the "Is my email leaked?" website. If you're not comfortable entering your email address, you can replace up to three characters with asterisks and it'll show a bunch of results that match the pattern. If you don't want to deal with using this tool, it's best that you just change your Gmail password and enable two-factor authentication if you haven't already.
While we don't know the full details about the leak, Google Russia is currently investigating and we'll report back when we know more.
Is my email leaked?
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https://isleaked.com/results/en
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