Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records

guest · Jan 31, 2019

Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records
January 30, 2019
https://www.wired.com/story/collection-leak-usernames-passwords-billions/

Earlier this month, security researcher Troy Hunt identified the first tranche of that mega-dump, named Collection #1 [...]
Now other researchers have obtained and analyzed an additional vast database called Collections #2–5, which amounts to 845 gigabytes of stolen data and 25 billion records in all.

"This is the biggest collection of breaches we’ve ever seen," says Chris Rouland, a cybersecurity researcher and founder of the IoT security firm Phosphorus.io, who pulled Collections #1–5 in recent days from torrented files.
Size Over Substance
[...] most of the stolen data appears to come from previous thefts, like the breaches of Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Dropbox.
WIRED examined a sample of the data and confirmed that the credentials are indeed valid, but mostly represent passwords from years-old leaks.
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guest · Feb 1, 2019

Collections 1-5 have been added to Identity Leak Checker:

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019...-stolen-logins-put-collection-1-in-the-shade/
[...] Research by Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute (HPB) has shed some more light on the data sets. HBP found that the number of purloined login credentials that have been cobbled together into the five tranches totals 2.2 billion, reads the HBP’s press release (in German).

Importantly, the institute operates a service that is similar to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) site. Unlike HIBP (as of the day of writing, anyway), the Identity Leak Checker includes data from all five caches in their entirety, and then some – 8.16 billion data records.

You can use the tool to check if any of your email accounts, or an online account associated with your email account(s), may have been impacted by a known leak. In addition to login names and passwords, the tool can also show some other sensitive information of yours that may have also been exposed.
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Minimalist · Feb 2, 2019

Security firm identifies hacker behind Collection 1 leak, as Collection 2-5 become public

The threat intel team at Recorded Future, a US-based cyber-security firm, claims to have identified the hacker who assembled and then sold a massive collection of email addresses and passwords known as Collection #1.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/secur...ction-1-leak-as-collection-2-5-become-public/

Minimalist · Feb 2, 2019

How to know if you’ve been hacked

These days, data breaches are growing more numerous — and more worrisome. After all, how are you supposed to protect your passwords and login information when they are being stolen from enormous company databases that you have no control over?

The best way is to find out if your security has been compromised as soon as possible so you can take personal action, which is where data breach detection websites come into play. These sites allow you to securely search through the latest hacked data to see if any of your sensitive information is at risk. We’ve rounded up four of the best for you to use based on your security needs, so let’s dive in.
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-websites-for-finding-out-if-youve-been-hacked/

Minimalist · Feb 15, 2019

Data breaches exposed 5 billion records in 2018

New report from Risk Based Security shows a downward trend in number breaches and exposed records, Unclear if privacy regulations like GDPR are having an effect.
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https://www.csoonline.com/article/3...eaches-exposed-5-billion-records-in-2018.html

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