Nearly
5 million usernames and passwords associated with Gmail accounts have
been leaked on a Russian Bitcoin forum. The database contains 4.93
million Google accounts belonging to English, Russian and Spanish
speaking users.
The
list has since been taken down, and there is no evidence that Gmail
itself was hacked, just that these passwords have been leaked. Most
sources are saying that lots of the information is quite old, so it
is likely they were leaked long ago, though others claim that 60% of
the passwords are still valid.
You
should change your passwords now and ideally use 2-factor
authentication for extra protection.
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