According to news; More than 2 million passwords for sites have been stolen and posted online, it’s includes Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google.
Security firm Trustwave has found the trove of login credentials, email credentials and passwords, it posted on Tuesday.
Security experts said that a criminal gang may be behind the security breach. The stolen information can be used to extract people’s personal information from the websites, which can then be sold.
“Facebook takes people’s information security extremely seriously and we work hard to protect it,”. Facebook spokesperson said that “While details of this case are not yet clear, it appears that people’s computers may have been attacked by hackers using malware to scrape information directly from their web browsers.”
Spokesperson from Twitter said that we immediately reset the passwords of the affected accounts. Google spokesperson pointed us to a blog post about the ways in which the company combats “account hijackers.
Spokesperson also said that all of the compromised passwords have been put into Facebook’s password reset process, and that Facebook users can protect their accounts by activating Login Approvals and Login Notifications in their security settings.
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Two Million Stolen Facebook, Yahoo and Google Passwords Posted Online
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