Have Five Million Gmail Users Been Hacked? - Telegraph

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Link: Have five million Gmail users been hacked? - Telegraph

 

Has your GMail been hacked? Mine looks OK.

 

...Google did not deny that the leaked passwords were genuine, but said only that there was “no evidence” that their systems had been penetrated....

[Arthur]

It's not Gmail that has been hacked, but various other websites. What these five million people have done is (stupidly) use the same password for their e-mail and the other accounts (or entered it into a phishing website).

 

Five million Gmail passwords published, but don't panic « Engadget

 

A member at a Russian Bitcoin forum has posted almost 5 million Gmail passwords, around 60 percent of which are reportedly still working. It's not clear how the poster managed to scoop up all this account info, but Google tells Cnews that it comes from a long stretch of hacking and phishing attempts that stole data from individual users. Gmail's servers weren't breached, the search giant says, and much of what's there is old.

Edited September 10, 2014 by Arthur

[elsiegee40]

Mr gee40 was very unimpressed when I forced him to have different passwords for his gmail, itunes, etc. Unfortunately, few people see the risks.

[Marshall_IT]

Not necessarily Gmail passwords at all.

 

This is another push to use 2 factor authentication if one was needed! So easy!

[plexer]

Been 2 factor on gmail for ages so easy with the token generator.

 

Ben