Category Archives: LeakedSource

2nd Breach at Verticalscope Impacts Millions

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For the second time in as many years, hackers have compromised Verticalscope.com, a Canadian company that manages hundreds of popular Web discussion forums totaling more than 45 million user accounts. Evidence of the breach was discovered just before someone began using that illicit access as a commercial for a new paid search service that indexes consumer information exposed in corporate data breaches. Continue reading 2nd Breach at Verticalscope Impacts Millions→

Who Ran Leakedsource.com?

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Late last month, multiple news outlets reported that unspecified law enforcement officials had seized the servers for Leakedsource.com, perhaps the largest online collection of usernames and passwords leaked or stolen in some of the worst data breaches — including billions of credentials for accounts at top sites like LinkedIn, Myspace, and Yahoo.

In a development that may turn out to be deeply ironic, it seems that the real-life identity of Leakedsource’s principal owner may have been exposed by many of the same stolen databases he’s been peddling. Continue reading Who Ran Leakedsource.com?→

Who Ran Leakedsource.com?

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Late last month, multiple news outlets reported that unspecified law enforcement officials had seized the servers for Leakedsource.com, perhaps the largest online collection of usernames and passwords leaked or stolen in some of the worst data breaches — including billions of credentials for accounts at top sites like LinkedIn, Myspace, and Yahoo.

In a development that may turn out to be deeply ironic, it seems that the real-life identity of Leakedsource’s principal owner may have been exposed by many of the same stolen databases he’s been peddling. Continue reading Who Ran Leakedsource.com?→

Breach Database Site ‘LeakedSource’ Goes Offline After Alleged Police Raid

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The biggest mistake companies make with data security is leaving all their secrets unprotected at one place, which if attacked, they are all gone in one shot.

An unnamed law enforcement agency has reportedly accessed billions of compromised usernames,… Continue reading Breach Database Site ‘LeakedSource’ Goes Offline After Alleged Police Raid→

Stolen details of 3.3m Hello Kitty fans – including kids – published online

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A year after Sanrio promised that the records were safe, the database – including more than 186,000 children’s details – has appeared online Continue reading Stolen details of 3.3m Hello Kitty fans – including kids – published online→

Adult FriendFinder Hack Exposes 400 Million Accounts

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The FriendFinder Network has reportedly been hacked exposing 400 million user accounts of Adult FriendFinder, Penthouse.com and Stripshow.com. Continue reading Adult FriendFinder Hack Exposes 400 Million Accounts→

Breached Credentials Used to Access Github Repositories

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Password reuse strikes GitHub users, some of whom will have to reset their credentials after unauthorized attempts were made to access a large number of GitHub accounts. Continue reading Breached Credentials Used to Access Github Repositories→