{"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\/2014\/09\/change-your-gmail-password-now-google-warns-after-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Change your Gmail password now – Google warns after hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
Hackers revealed nearly 5 million Gmail account details and passwords on Bitcoin Security \u2013 a popular Russian website devoted to cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n
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
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
The person who leaked the details said the account holders were English, Russian, and Spanish and 60 percent of accounts were active.<\/p>\n
The passwords not only give access to Gmail, but other Google services such as Drive and the mobile payment system Google Wallet.<\/p>\n
Svetlana Anurova, a Google representative said Google is aware of the security breach and has advised users to change passwords.<\/p>\n
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
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>\n 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 \u2018The security of our users\u2019 information is a top priority for us,\u2019 the company told\u00a0The Next Web.<\/p>\n \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 The hacker has not been found.<\/p>\n But hackers from Russia and Eastern Europe have been involved in a number of recent high-profile security lapses.<\/p>\n 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 Those two breaches affected nearly six million Internet users. Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. Hackers revealed nearly 5 million Gmail account details and passwords on Bitcoin Security \u2013 a popular Russian website devoted to cryptocurrency. The leak became known after a user posted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":46554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[362,18,2129],"yoast_head":"\n
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