4.930.000's roughly accounts gmail (usernames and passwords access) that we published earlier were published in one Russian forum which has as its subject the Bitcoins. Η διαρροή ξεκίνησε την Τρίτη, όπως αναφέρθηκε για πρώτη φορά από τη ρωσική ιστοσελίδα CNews. Αυτά είναι τα κακά νέα. Τα καλά νέα είναι ότι αυτή η διαρροή δεν φαίνεται ως μαζική διαρροή μετά από περαιτέρω ελέγχους.
TNW contacted Google about the issue. The company does not believe that the leak is the result of any kind of security breach on its servers.
"Η ασφάλεια των πληροφοριών των χρηστών μας αποτελεί κορυφαία προτεραιότητα για μας," δήλωσε ένας εκπρόσωπος της Google στο TNW.
Then, after the topic was posted all over the internet, the forum administrators deleted the files with them codeς πρόσβασης, αφήνοντας μόνο τις συνδέσεις προς ένα archive txt containing the information. tvskit, o user of the forum that posted the file, claimed that about 60% of the passwords were valid.
A quick analysis of the text file shows that it includes mainly English, Spanish and Russian accounts and seems to combine data from large lists that have been published from time to time. This could be a link to hacks made on sites that are not related to Gmail or any of Google 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.
