Technology Article 9/12/14

Five million Gmail addresses and passwords dumped online

On the Googles, someone has gotten into 60% of peoples Gmails were taken from Gmail itself and were found as valid Gmail accounts. The chief of technology officer of CSIS, Peter Kruse, said that they are not sure if it was 60% of peoples Gmail accounts were taken. It could have been more than 60% or less than 60%. There researchers analyzed the data and found that it was up to 3 years based on correlations with past leaks. The CSIS found that at least 5 of the leaked accounts user names and passwords weren't used for log-in for Gmail or Google. The CSIS said that even if you don't have any of your passwords were used for Gmail, they are still saying that you should change your passwords on websites that use Gmail. If you wanna see if your account got leaked, they said that if you go to a website called isleaked.com and see if your account is leaked out on the internet.