Have YOUR details been hacked? Gangs steal 360MILLION social media passwords
HUNDREDS of millions of social media users have had their email and password combinations stolen and put up for sale on the dark web.
Hackers have stolen a haul of 360 million passwords and email addresses
Hackers have stolen a haul of 360million passwords and email addresses from MySpace and placed them on the internet black market.
And anyone could buy the lot for just £2,200.
Criminals who buy the the details from the seller, who goes by the name of Peace, will be able to access the victim’s Myspace account, along with any other website on which the same password and email combination is used.
This could give the criminal access to the victim’s bank account, medical history and social media profiles - making the victim hugely vulnerable to financial loss and identity theft.
Myspace was forced to change the affected users' passwords
We take the security and privacy of customer data and information extremely seriously
Times Inc., which owns MySpace, confirmed the security breach and reset the passwords of any affected users.
Time Inc.’s chief financial officer Jeff Bairstow, said: “We take the security and privacy of customer data and information extremely seriously - especially in an age when malicious hackers are increasingly sophisticated and breaches across all industries have become all too common.
“Our information security and privacy teams are doing everything we can to support the Myspace team.”
It comes after 164million LinkedIn users were hacked by a dark net gang.
LinkedIn initially said only 6.5million people were at risk after the 2012 attack, but last week admitted the staggering true scale.
A huge database of email and password combinations is now available for sale on the dark net
Anyone could buy the password and email combinations for just £2,200
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Of the 164million accounts, 117million have been listed for sale on the internet black market.
In the aftermath of the breach, the most-used passwords were revealed, with some incredibly easy and simple phrases topping the list.
More than 750,000 people used ‘123456’ as their password, while 172,000 used ‘linkedin’.