Tokyo company uncovers 2.7bn stolen passwords worldwide

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Tokyo company uncovers 2.7bn stolen passwords worldwide
Emails at small businesses hacked and sold on darknet, Soliton finds
February 20, 2019
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Bu...any-uncovers-2.7bn-stolen-passwords-worldwide

A Tokyo information security company that uncovered billions of leaked personal details online earlier this year has confirmed even more, highlighting the ever-growing challenge of safeguarding data.

Soliton Systems said it found 2.7 billion matching pairs of email addresses and passwords originating worldwide. Of the total, 20 million were related to Japan.
The number of instances exceeds the 2.2 billion Soliton found in 2018.

The company suspects the latest set of files had been changing hands over the so-called darknet -- a corner of the internet cybercriminals use to exchange information anonymously. Soliton said it spotted the files in January through an overseas file-sharing service, but that they have since been deleted.

The information came from the websites of 42 types of Japanese businesses. One was Porsche Japan, which announced last February that its systems had come under a cyberattack.
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