Security News 25 Million+ Gmail and Yahoo Accounts being sold underground

[Ink]

Over 25 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts are being sold online, according to a new report.

They’re available for purchase on the dark web, with the vendor selling them going by the name ‘SunTzu583’.

According to HackRead, SunTzu583 is asking for $450 for 21,800,969 Gmail accounts, 75% of which supposedly contain decrypted passwords, with the remaining 25% hashed.

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[larry goes to church]

"SunTzu583" is probably thinking.. I'm going to get arrested soon.

 

[Amelith Nargothrond]

This is why i always use a two-step authentication. I also have a Yubikey which i use for every account it can be used for. Better safe than sorry...

 

[robin hood]

maybe it's time to cross mail.ru, yandex.ru....I have not read that are hacked.

 

[Danielx64]

maybe it's time to cross mail.ru, yandex.ru....I have not read that are hacked.

Maybe just me but create your own mail server on a VPS. Yes you would need a domain but it worth it.