Database of 1.4 Billion Credentials Found on Dark Web

ronjor · Dec 11, 2017

By Kevin Townsend on December 11, 2017

Researchers have found a database of 1.4 billion clear text credentials in what appears to be the single largest aggregate database yet found on the dark web. These are not from a new breach, but a compilation of 252 previous breaches, including the previous largest combo list, Exploit.in.
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guest · Oct 5, 2018

Experts warns of a new extortion campaign based on the Breach Compilation archive
October 5, 2018
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/76861/cyber-crime/breach-compilation-scam-campaign.html

Security experts from Cybaze ZLab have spotted a new scam campaign that is targeting some of its Italian customers.

Crooks attempted to monetize the availability of a huge quantity of credentials available in the underground market to target unaware netizens in a new extortion scheme.

This Breach Compilation archive contains about 1.4 Billion of clear text credentials gathered in a series of data breaches.

Crooks ask the victims to pay a fee of $3000 worth of Bitcoin, while the message written in Italian ask for $350, a circumstance that suggests that other threat actors are using the same technique.
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