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Massive hack stolen  2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords

Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week.

The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trustwave said. The virus was capturing log-in credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers. 

On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for more than 93,000 websites, including:

  • 318,000 Facebook  accounts
  • 70,000 Gmail, Google+ and YouTube accounts
  • 60,000 Yahoo  accounts
  • 22,000 Twitter  accounts
  • 9,000 Odnoklassniki accounts (a Russian social network)
  • 8,000 ADP accounts (ADP says it counted 2,400)
  • 8,000 LinkedIn  accounts
Source : CNN

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