5 million Google passwords leaked

[evilfantasy]

Full story - The majority of the leaked accounts seem to belong to Russian users.

According to the IBTimes, around five million Google Account credentials have been leaked online by hackers, with around 60 percent of the compromised accounts judged to still be active.

Check to see if your details have been compromised using the Is Leaked website.

[patio]

I suspect that site is just harvesting info...i could be wrong though.

[evilfantasy]

You can munge the email with up to 3 asterisks to avoid any harvest attempts. (myac***[email protected])
The full list of emails is on the internet somewhere and this is just matching characters to the list for matches.

[patio]

Gotcha...thanx.

[evilfantasy]

No problem and your suspicions are valid. The guy who created the search website is unknown and people are skeptical. In response to the questions he added the 3 asterisk option so I figure it's OK.

[evilfantasy]

From the Malwarebytes Blog - Massive “Gmail Credentials” Dump Posted Online

What actually appears to have happened is that somebody rolled up lots of older data dumps originating from various causes (such as phishing and / or password reuse) and released it all in one go, posting it to a Bitcoin forum.

The Haveibeenpwned website run by well-known Microsoft MVP Troy Hunt has been updated to check if your username or email address have appeared in any known data breaches.

Account passwords in this latest leak have not been at risk.