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Over 770 million email addresses shared online in largest data breach in history
Published time: 17 Jan, 2019 13:14Edited time: 17 Jan, 2019 13:29
File photo: © Global Look Press / DPA / Sebastian Gollnow
The breach is being dubbed ‘Collection #1’ and contains a raw data set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows from potentially thousands of different sources, according to digital security expert Troy Hunt.
Have I Been Pwned
✔@haveibeenpwned
https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned/status/1085656743663693825
New breach: The "Collection #1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772,904,991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach …
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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach
Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the...
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In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords contained within over 12,000 separate files, constituting a truly staggering 87GB of data (for context, this is raw text, not 4K video).
ALSO ON RT.COMRussian cyber firm hounded in US helped NSA bust 50TB data breach – report
In terms of sheer volume, it is being considered the largest data breach in history, second only to Yahoo's high profile cyber security gaffes which affected billions of users, though it is an aggregate of potentially hundreds if not thousands of breaches.
“It just looks like a completely random collection of sites purely to maximize the number of credentials available to hackers,” Hunt told WIRED. “There’s no obvious patterns, just maximum exposure.”
Ruben W.@ruben_we
https://twitter.com/ruben_we/status/1085688921026109445
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Not only am I on the list, I also received a phishing email telling me on of the throw away passwords I used together with that email. So at least in my case I know who got hacked... and who will _NOT_ be receiving a bitcoin ;D
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8:03 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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The breach contains previously encrypted passwords that have been “dehashed” or cracked and converted back to plain text and includes files allegedly from as early as 2008. The information wasn't even for sale but was merely dumped on MEGA and subsequently on a popular hacking forum, free for anyone with scroll and click capabilities to review.
Utkarsh Gajera@Utkarsssh17
https://twitter.com/Utkarsssh17/status/1085741374840991744
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
This is from http://nulled.to a popular cracking fourm and i saw it like 10 days ago on that fourm
https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1085741374840991744
11:31 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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As a result, there is a greatly increased risk of so-called credential-stuffing attacks in which hackers spam websites with various combinations of emails and passwords, including – but not limited to – services like Netflix, Facebook or other social media accounts, and online services. The breach doesn't appear to contain social security or credit card data.
Rutger Claes@rutgerclaes
https://twitter.com/rutgerclaes/status/1085829280133795843
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Just received my email. Plain text passwords
. I started using @haveibeenpwned and @1Password a while ago because of breaches like this. And so should you. There is @1Password which I recommend, but there are free alt's. Use @haveibeenpwned, you'll see why it's necessary.
Have I Been Pwned
✔@haveibeenpwned
New breach: The "Collection #1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772,904,991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach …
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5:20 PM - Jan 17, 2019
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Hunt recommends checking your email addresses on the free service provided by Have I Been Pwned.
If you are included in the breach, which is extremely likely, he recommends using a password manager or even going old school and employing *gasp* a pen and paper to store your passwords offline. Hack that!
Owen Hollands@owenhollands
· 15h
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
3/4 of a billion? Roughly 1/10th of the population of the planet?
Happy Loaf@Happy_Loaf
Email address != person.
God job a load of that were automated bots using the variable
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“It might be contrary to traditional thinking, but writing unique passwords down in a book and keeping them inside your physically locked house is a damn sight better than reusing the same one all over the web,” Hunt wrote in his blog post on the breach.
A lucky few are claiming to have escaped the breach, but the odds are not in your favor.
SwitHak@SwitHak
https://twitter.com/SwitHak/status/1085659639356608514
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Not in the new leak.
Huge work @troyhunt
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EX-MACRON BODYGUARD BENALLA IN CUSTODY OVER USE OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS – PROSECUTOR
HomeWorld News
Over 770 million email addresses shared online in largest data breach in history
Published time: 17 Jan, 2019 13:14Edited time: 17 Jan, 2019 13:29
File photo: © Global Look Press / DPA / Sebastian Gollnow
- 9
The breach is being dubbed ‘Collection #1’ and contains a raw data set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows from potentially thousands of different sources, according to digital security expert Troy Hunt.
Have I Been Pwned
✔@haveibeenpwned
https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned/status/1085656743663693825
New breach: The "Collection #1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772,904,991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach …
703
5:55 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach
Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the...
troyhunt.com
804 people are talking about this
In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords contained within over 12,000 separate files, constituting a truly staggering 87GB of data (for context, this is raw text, not 4K video).
ALSO ON RT.COMRussian cyber firm hounded in US helped NSA bust 50TB data breach – report
In terms of sheer volume, it is being considered the largest data breach in history, second only to Yahoo's high profile cyber security gaffes which affected billions of users, though it is an aggregate of potentially hundreds if not thousands of breaches.
“It just looks like a completely random collection of sites purely to maximize the number of credentials available to hackers,” Hunt told WIRED. “There’s no obvious patterns, just maximum exposure.”
Ruben W.@ruben_we
https://twitter.com/ruben_we/status/1085688921026109445
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Not only am I on the list, I also received a phishing email telling me on of the throw away passwords I used together with that email. So at least in my case I know who got hacked... and who will _NOT_ be receiving a bitcoin ;D
15
8:03 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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See Ruben W.'s other Tweets
The breach contains previously encrypted passwords that have been “dehashed” or cracked and converted back to plain text and includes files allegedly from as early as 2008. The information wasn't even for sale but was merely dumped on MEGA and subsequently on a popular hacking forum, free for anyone with scroll and click capabilities to review.
Utkarsh Gajera@Utkarsssh17
https://twitter.com/Utkarsssh17/status/1085741374840991744
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
This is from http://nulled.to a popular cracking fourm and i saw it like 10 days ago on that fourm
https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1085741374840991744
11:31 AM - Jan 17, 2019
Twitter Ads info and privacy
Nulled
Nulled is a cracking community, we already have tons of cracked/nulled tools to offer.
nulled.to
See Utkarsh Gajera's other Tweets
As a result, there is a greatly increased risk of so-called credential-stuffing attacks in which hackers spam websites with various combinations of emails and passwords, including – but not limited to – services like Netflix, Facebook or other social media accounts, and online services. The breach doesn't appear to contain social security or credit card data.
Rutger Claes@rutgerclaes
https://twitter.com/rutgerclaes/status/1085829280133795843
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Just received my email. Plain text passwords
Have I Been Pwned
✔@haveibeenpwned
New breach: The "Collection #1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772,904,991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach …
3
5:20 PM - Jan 17, 2019
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Hunt recommends checking your email addresses on the free service provided by Have I Been Pwned.
If you are included in the breach, which is extremely likely, he recommends using a password manager or even going old school and employing *gasp* a pen and paper to store your passwords offline. Hack that!
Owen Hollands@owenhollands
· 15h
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
3/4 of a billion? Roughly 1/10th of the population of the planet?
Happy Loaf@Happy_Loaf
Email address != person.
God job a load of that were automated bots using the variable
1
6:49 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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See Happy Loaf's other Tweets
“It might be contrary to traditional thinking, but writing unique passwords down in a book and keeping them inside your physically locked house is a damn sight better than reusing the same one all over the web,” Hunt wrote in his blog post on the breach.
A lucky few are claiming to have escaped the breach, but the odds are not in your favor.
SwitHak@SwitHak
https://twitter.com/SwitHak/status/1085659639356608514
Replying to @haveibeenpwned
Not in the new leak.
Huge work @troyhunt
7
6:06 AM - Jan 17, 2019
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