{"id":46553,"date":"2014-09-11T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T08:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=46553"},"modified":"2014-09-11T08:33:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T08:33:57","slug":"change-your-gmail-password-now-google-warns-after-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=46553","title":{"rendered":"Change your Gmail password now &#8211; Google warns after hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of Gmail users are being advised to change their passwords after a database with usernames and passwords was hacked and exposed on an internet site.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers revealed nearly 5 million Gmail account details and passwords on Bitcoin Security \u2013 a popular Russian website devoted to cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>The leak became known after a user posted a link to the log-in credentials on Reddit frequented by hackers, professional and aspiring.<\/p>\n<p>But the text file was published on Bitcoin on Tuesday night by a user called tvskit according to\u00a0C News, a Russian news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The person who leaked the details said the account holders were English, Russian, and Spanish and 60 percent of accounts were active.<\/p>\n<p>The passwords not only give access to Gmail, but other Google services such as Drive and the mobile payment system Google Wallet.<\/p>\n<p>Svetlana Anurova, a Google representative said Google is aware of the security breach and has advised users to change passwords.<\/p>\n<p>They also advise users to enable a two-step verification, a security measure where users are required to provide a passcode sent to their mobile devices before any changes can be made to their account.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a263b213074bae2b\" alt=\"Account safety: Google advise users to enable a two-step verification, a security measure where users are required to provide a passcode sent to their mobile devices before any changes can be made to their account\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/08\/25\/1408975901470_wps_12_21_Sep_2013_Young_woman_u.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"497\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Account safety: Google advise users to enable a two-step verification, a security measure where users are required to provide a passcode sent to their mobile devices before any changes can be made to their account<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Google spokesman confirmed to The Next Web that many of the passwords in question were likely taken from a website other than Google.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The security of our users\u2019 information is a top priority for us,\u2019 the company told\u00a0The Next Web.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have no evidence that our systems have been compromised, but whenever we become aware that accounts may have been, we take steps to help those users secure their accounts.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The hacker has not been found.<\/p>\n<p>But hackers from Russia and Eastern Europe have been involved in a number of recent high-profile security lapses.<\/p>\n<p>The Gmail leak comes soon after two other major security breaches leaked on the same Bitcoin forum, which targeted Russian email service prodiver Mail.ru and search engine Yandex.<\/p>\n<p>Those two breaches affected nearly six million Internet users.<br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of Gmail users are being advised to change their passwords after a database with usernames and passwords was hacked and exposed on an internet site. 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