![]() People finally need to understand that the Internet is very hostile place, while online service providers need to finally start taking network security seriously."įindings like this are another reminder to use strong passwords, change them often, and use different passwords for each account-preferably a completely different username too. "But I think we can speak about several hundreds of millions at least. ![]() 3 - Type in any and all email addresses of yours and see if any results are found. “It’s impossible to make a precise estimate of how many user accounts were really compromised," said High-Tech Bridge CEO Ilia Kolochenko. 2 - Press CTRL + F to bring up your browsers search function. Much of the selling and trading takes place underground. The number of compromised accounts seems large, but it represents a small portion of all accounts hacked in the past 12 months. Not surprising, the most compromised email accounts were the top three free web-based email services Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo. Of the data, 40.9 percent of the accounts came from email systems with Social Networks accounting for 13.1 percent. ![]() Glad to see passwords are evolving for some. In the study, High-Tech Bridge found along with the 300,000 username, passwords, some credit card numbers, addresses and telephone numbers tied to some accounts.Īn interesting finding was that almost all the passwords didn't consist of the familiar weak passwords like “qwerty” or “password”.Īccording to High-Tech Bridge, most of the stolen passwords were still pretty simple. Pastebin, a website where you can share text, is used mostly by programmers to share code snippets it has also become a place where hackers can distribute their work. Proof is a key component to hacking and some hackers have been taking to Pastebin to share their spoils.Ī recent study by Information Security Company High-Tech Bridge discovered over 300,000 compromised accounts shared on Pastebin over a 12-month period. Pastebin Is A Waste Bin Of Compromised Accounts Cybercriminals use to store stolen information and demonstrate their hacking prowess.
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