Full aricle: Wired
“149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database
This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware.”
Ful Article: Forbes
Act Now—48 Million Gmail Usernames And Passwords Leaked Online
A highly respected veteran security researcher has confirmed that a database of 149 million compromised credentials, including those for an estimated 48 million Gmail accounts, has been leaked online. “The publicly exposed database was not password-protected or encrypted,” Jeremiah Fowler said, adding that the database of unique logins and passwords totalled “a massive 96 GB of raw credential data.” Here’s what we know so far, and what action you need to take.