Bitcoin Security Forum Gmail Dump (jan 9, 2014 – jan 1, 0)
Description:
In September 2014, a large dump of nearly 5M usernames and passwords was <a href="https://forum.btcsec.com/index.php?/topic/9426-gmail-meniai-parol/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted to a Russian Bitcoin forum</a>. Whilst commonly reported as 5M "Gmail passwords", the dump also contained 123k yandex.ru addresses. Whilst the origin of the breach remains unclear, the breached credentials were <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20140910190920/http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2fz13q/5_millions_of_gmail_passwords_leaked_rus_most/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed by multiple source as correct</a>, albeit a number of years old.
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