LeakedSource, a company that maintains a searchable database of credentials leaked in data breaches, has revealed today it added over 427 million user records to its immense database, after earlier this week it also added 167 million LinkedIn accounts.
MySpace has not released any statement on this incident yet. If confirmed, the MySpace data breach will be one of the biggest data breaches to date.
LeakedSource cracked most passwords
In total, data for around 360,213,024 users was included, containing details such as usernames, email addresses, and passwords.
Just like in LinkedIn's case, the data was not uniform. LeakedSource analysts say they found 427,484,128 user passwords, but not all were attached to accounts, some accounts had a secondary password, some had a secondary password and no primary password, and some database entries contained just the password.
The company says passwords were encrypted with SHA1, but they were not salted. Because of this, LeakedSource analysts were able to crack most of them.
Users can request LeakedSource to remove their data.
Full Article: MySpace Data Breach Exposes Passwords for 427 Million Users
MySpace has not released any statement on this incident yet. If confirmed, the MySpace data breach will be one of the biggest data breaches to date.
LeakedSource cracked most passwords
In total, data for around 360,213,024 users was included, containing details such as usernames, email addresses, and passwords.
Just like in LinkedIn's case, the data was not uniform. LeakedSource analysts say they found 427,484,128 user passwords, but not all were attached to accounts, some accounts had a secondary password, some had a secondary password and no primary password, and some database entries contained just the password.
The company says passwords were encrypted with SHA1, but they were not salted. Because of this, LeakedSource analysts were able to crack most of them.
Users can request LeakedSource to remove their data.
Full Article: MySpace Data Breach Exposes Passwords for 427 Million Users
