Hackers Make Off With Over 40 Million Passwords From 1,000 Sites

Usernames and passwords of more than 45 million users of forums and sites running on the Verticalscope platform are being traded online. Continue reading Hackers Make Off With Over 40 Million Passwords From 1,000 Sites

Stolen Twitter Credentials Latest Dataset For Sale

LeakedSource says it has a set of 32 million Twitter account details, including plaintext passwords that were put up for sale on a black market website. Continue reading Stolen Twitter Credentials Latest Dataset For Sale

As Scope of 2012 Breach Expands, LinkedIn to Again Reset Passwords for Some Users

A 2012 data breach that was thought to have exposed 6.5 million hashed passwords for LinkedIn users instead likely impacted more than 117 million accounts, the company now says. In response, the business networking giant said today that it would once again force a password reset for individual users thought to be impacted in the expanded breach. Continue reading As Scope of 2012 Breach Expands, LinkedIn to Again Reset Passwords for Some Users