The New York Times published a report ασφαλείας που περιγράφει λεπτομερώς τις παραβιάσεις από μια team, believed to be the largest identity theft on the Internet. Based on the investigation conducted by the security company Hold Security, Russian hackers have breached 420.000 websites, and collected approximately 540 million unique email addresses. In total they have 1.2 billion usernames and passwords in their hands access.
What makes things worse is that most of the affected websites still remain vulnerable, according to Alex Holden, founder of Security Hold. A source told the Times that "some large companies" have been informed that their data is freely circulating on the internet. "
The criminal group is suspected of using the information to promote spam on social networks. The gang is believed to consist of "less than 12 men around 20, who know each other personally."
However security researchers from Kaspersky, Symantec and University College London dispute the news and report that private security firm Hold Security Yes, it has located the Russian team CyberVor, but it does not provide data confirming the data leak.
