5 Million Gmail Usernames And Associated Passwords Leaked

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    It's time to change your Gmail password -- again.

    Around 5 million Gmail usernames and associated passwords were leaked on a Russian Internet forum on Tuesday.

    Thankfully, less than 2 percent of real, current username and password combinations, or about 100,000, were released, Google's Spam & Abuse Team wrote in a blog post. Many are old and many don't match -- for example, the user name is for Gmail, but the password is for Facebook.

    If your current Gmail password and username were compromised, Gmail would have let you know by now.

    Read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/gmail-passwords-hacked_n_5805104.html
     

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