4.930.000's roughly accounts gmail (usernames and passwords) we published earlier were published in one Russian forum which has like theme the Bitcoins. The leak began on Tuesday, as first reported by Russian website CNews. This is the bad news. The good news is that this leak does not appear to be a mass leak after further checks.
TNW has reached out to Google about the matter. THE company does not believe the leak is the result of any kind of security breach on its servers.
"The security of our users' information is a top priority for us," a Google spokesman told TNW.
Then, after the topic was posted all over the internet, the forum administrators deleted the files with them codeof access, leaving only the links to a txt file containing the information. tvskit, the forum user who posted the file, claimed that about 60% of the passwords were valid.
Μια γρήγορη ανάλυση του αρχείου κειμένου δείχνει ότι περιλαμβάνει κυρίως τα αγγλικούς, ισπανικούς και ρώσικους λογαριασμούς και φαίνεται να συνδυάζει δεδομένα από μεγάλες λίστες που είχαν δημοσιευτεί κατά καιρούς. Θα μπορούσε έτσι να υπάρχει μια connection with hacks carried out on sites unrelated to Gmail or any of Google's services, especially if users choose the same usernames and passwords for their other accounts.
The result, however, is that this leakage affects many but not 5 million users, as many have changed their passwords.
If you want to check if your account is included in the leak, you can see our previous post.
