Charlotte Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Since we all use emails daily. This is something worth looking at. Source : http://www.iflscience.com/technology/millions-passwords-hotmail-gmail-and-yahoo-have-been-stolen Alex Holden, chief information security officer of Hold Security, has told Reuters that 272.3 million usernames and passwords have been stolen from users of Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Google’s Gmail and Mail.ru, Russia's largest email service.The majority of data comes from Mail.ru. Fifteen percent of data is known to come from Yahoo Mail, 12 percent from Hotmail, and 9 percent from Gmail. Usernames and passwords for banking and retail are also among the stolen information. Holden advised all users of the email services to change their passwords. All of the affected email services also offer a two-step verification process, which will ask for extra information if there is an attempt to log in from a new device. So, if you’re worried or curious that your account could be compromised, head over to haveibeenpwned.com Simply by tapping in your email address or username, you’ll instantly be able to find out whether any information from your account has been leaked. If there is “no pwnage found” on your accounts, it’s still not a bad idea to change your password regularly. Edited June 1, 2016 by Charlotte 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armslayer79 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 thanks for the info ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANIMA VESTRA Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 i got pwned by adobe not again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atoo Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Got pwned by 2 cheat sites, rip database leaks. This is old new for me though but thanks for the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonTTK Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Intresting thanks for the share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 Yes, it is old news. Might be helpful to some. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hero of Time Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) NotLikeThis i have microsoft authenicator tho, no code i just have to click accept/deny when someone logs into my account, guess ill change pass anyway Edited June 1, 2016 by The Hero of Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Str8 pwnage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I own the email WFC@hotmail.com do you think it's worth anything as its a 3 charactered @hotmail.com I'm just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...