Russian Hacking Gang Captures 1.2 Billion Credentials: What You Should Do

What do you get when you cross a dozen Russian criminal hackers with 420,000 websites with an SQL injection vulnerability? You get 4.5 billion compromised user records in the hands of those hackers. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Hold Security of Milwaukee, Wisconsin discovered a database filled with stolen credentials. Alex Holden, chief information security officer of Hold Security tracked down the source of the stolen credentials to a small hacking ring of just under a dozen 20-something year old men, based out of south central Russia. He dubbed the group “CyberVor”. Holden explained that the “hacking...

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