Hacker leaks millions of Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail usernames and passwords

A number of major webmail services have suffered one of the largest security breaches in recent years. The account details of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and Mail.ru are just four of the services affected. Security firm Hold Security says that it has been contacted by a hacker in possession of 272 million unique pairs of email addresses and unencrypted passwords. This is far from an insignificant number, and the situation is made all the worse as the data is being freely shared for just about anyone to access. Hold Security says that it was initially contacted by the hacker who… [Continue Reading]