usernames

Twitter ‘hackers’ were taken down by rival gang who ‘shared database of their usernames and chats’

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A group of hackers who reportedly acessed the Twitter accounts of celebrities, were taken down by rival gang who shared a database of their usernames and messages, which led to their arrests by the FBI.  Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was arrested Friday in Tampa. Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida; and Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor … Read more

Billions of stolen usernames and passwords for sale on the Dark Web

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Billions of stolen usernames and passwords discovered for sale on the Dark Web – with bank accounts being flogged for as little as £56 Cybersecurity firm Digital Shadows said it found more than 15 billion credentials  Bank account details were available for between £56 and £400 apiece  Five billion of the identified credentials were assessed … Read more

Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’

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Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix  Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data  The … Read more