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<blockquote data-quote="jk perera" data-source="post: 17121216" data-attributes="member: 255485"><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://creativebits.org/files/gmail-logo-flying-new.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Five million Gmail passwords have apparently been exposed, though there is speculation where these passwords are being used. According to <em>RT</em>, the password and email pairs were <strong>leaked onto a Russian cyber security forum</strong>. An administrator for the forum has since removed the passwords, leaving only the exposed logins.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">There's no indication that Google's services were actually attacked in order to obtain the passwords. Hackers <strong>could have exploited other databases</strong> 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.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">If you want to see if your username and password are included in this leak, you can use the "<a href="https://isleaked.com/en.php" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Is my email leaked</span></strong>?</a>" 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 <a href="http://features.en.softonic.com/how-to-set-up-google-2-step-verification" target="_blank">enable two-factor authentication</a> if you haven't already.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">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.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://images.hacktabs.com//2014/09/leakedemails.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue">Is my email leaked?</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[CODE]https://isleaked.com/results/en[/CODE]</p><p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://news.en.softonic.com/5-million-gmail-passwords-possibly-exposed" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red">Link</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"><a href="http://www.dailydot.com/crime/google-gmail-5-million-passwords-leaked/" target="_blank"><span style="color: Red">Link</span></a></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jk perera, post: 17121216, member: 255485"] [CENTER] [IMG]http://creativebits.org/files/gmail-logo-flying-new.png[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]Five million Gmail passwords have apparently been exposed, though there is speculation where these passwords are being used. According to [I]RT[/I], the password and email pairs were [B]leaked onto a Russian cyber security forum[/B]. An administrator for the forum has since removed the passwords, leaving only the exposed logins.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]There's no indication that Google's services were actually attacked in order to obtain the passwords. Hackers [B]could have exploited other databases[/B] 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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]If you want to see if your username and password are included in this leak, you can use the "[URL="https://isleaked.com/en.php"][B][SIZE=5]Is my email leaked[/SIZE][/B]?[/URL]" 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 [URL="http://features.en.softonic.com/how-to-set-up-google-2-step-verification"]enable two-factor authentication[/URL] if you haven't already.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]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.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://images.hacktabs.com//2014/09/leakedemails.png[/IMG] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=Blue]Is my email leaked?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CODE]https://isleaked.com/results/en[/CODE] [LEFT][URL="http://news.en.softonic.com/5-million-gmail-passwords-possibly-exposed"][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red]Link[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][URL="http://www.dailydot.com/crime/google-gmail-5-million-passwords-leaked/"][COLOR=Red]Link[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/LEFT] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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