Cybercriminals recently stole more than 2 million usernames and passwords from several popular sites including Facebook and Google. Pony, a botnet that logs user keystrokes, captured the information from more than 90,000 websites during the past month and then sent it to a hacker-controlled server. It snagged data from 326,000 Facebook accounts, 60,000 Google accounts and 22,000 Twitter accounts. A payroll service provider was also in the top 10 domains compromised, suggesting the theft may have had financial consequences for some victims.
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Posted by: Rachelle Dragani December 6, 2013 05:00 AMCybercriminals recently stole more than 2 million usernames and passwords from several popular sites including Facebook and Google. Pony, a botnet that logs user keystrokes, captured the information from more than 90,000 websites during the past month and then sent it to a hacker-controlled server. It snagged data from 326,000 Facebook accounts, 60,000 Google accounts and 22,000 Twitter accounts. A payroll service provider was also in the top 10 domains compromised, suggesting the theft may have had financial consequences for some victims.
With Password Managers such as oneSafe but also 1Password or LastPass, depending on your taste (they're actually thousands of them out there), being more secure isn't a big deal. It's easy and safe!
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