The New York Times δημοσίευσαν σήμερα μια έκθεση ασφαλείας που περιγράφει λεπτομερώς τις παραβιάσεις από μια ομάδα, που πιστεύεται ότι είναι η μεγαλύτερη κλοπή ταυτοτήτων στο Διαδίκτυο. Με βάση την έρευνα που πραγματοποίησε η εταιρεία ασφαλείας Hold Security, Russian hackers have breached 420.000 websites, and gathered about 540 million unique email addresses. In total, 1.2 has billions of usernames and passwords.
What makes matters worse is that most of the affected websites are still vulnerable, according to Hold Security founder Alex Holden. A source told The Times that "some big companies" have been told their data is being freely circulated in the Internet. "
The criminal group is suspected of using the information to promote social spam networks. The gang is believed to consist of "fewer than 12 men in their 20s, who know each other personally."
However researchers security experts from Kaspersky, Symantec and University College London dispute the news and report that private security firm Hold Security has identified the Russian CyberVor group, but does not provide evidence to confirm the leakage data.
