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Russian Hackers Have Obtained 500 Million Email Logins
- The Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:24 AM
Russian hackers have gained access to a massive amount of stolen personal data including the email logins of more than 500 million email addresses. According to a new report from security researchers at Hold Security, the hackers have been targeting both large and small commercial websites to steal this information. They have been using it to send spam messages which have been commissioned by other groups.
