Μια βάση data που περιέχει πληροφορίες από 20 εκατομμύρια users of an online dating website was allegedly stolen by a hacker.
It is currently unclear whether the information is being circulated online, but someone using the online pseudonym "Mastermind" claims to have leaked to a paste site.
The person claims that the data is 100% valid and Daniel Ingevaldson, Chief Technology Officer at Easy Solutions, said in a blog post on Sunday that the list included e-mail addresses from Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail.
Easy Solutions is a US based company that provides productτα ασφαλείας για την ανίχνευση και την πρόληψη της απάτης στον κυβερνοχώρο σε διάφορες πλατφόρμες υπολογιστών.
According to Ingevaldson, the list contains over 7 million credentials from Hotmail, 2,5 million from Yahoo, and 2,2 million from Gmail.com.
It is not clear if the term "credentials" refers to usernames and passwords access which can be used to access email accounts or website accounts. It is also unknown whether the database contained encrypted passwords or whether its records were in plain text.
"The list seems to be international in nature with thousands of entries from around the world. Hackers and fraudsters are more likely to use credentials to commit fraud than to enter the original hacked website. They will use the data with auto-scan reuse. Their target will be other websites, such as banks, travel agencies and e-mail service providers, ”says Ingevaldson.
According to sources, the hacked online dating website is very high profile, with over 90 million users. The company is based on Russia, and to report that more than 50% of its users are outside of Russia.
We will mention more details when identifying the site.
