News: Gmail usernames and passwords leaked

[Anonymous]

"A list of nearly five million Gmail usernames and passwords have reportedly been published on a Russian online forum, but many of those accounts on the list have already been suspended or have old passwords. Still, millions of account credentials are out there, potentially posing a significant security risk for many.

When contacted by Russian media sources, Google representatives said that this list was in fact comprised of accounts collected over the years via phishing and hacking methods. In addition to Russian Gmail users, the list also contains accounts used by English and Spanish speaking owners. Google said this list was not created by someone who had compromised the company's services. However, it's still a wise idea for any Gmail user to regularly change their password just to be on the safe side."

"Google is responding by saying that its servers would have blocked suspicious log-in attempts. Noting that only 2 percent of the password and username combos would work, Google says it has protected affected accounts.

"We found that less than 2% of the username and password combinations might have worked, and our automated anti-hijacking systems would have blocked many of those login attempts," the search giant said. "We've protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords."

Google said that if it notices anything unusual with your account, it would block sign-in attempts from devices and locations that are unfamiliar."

Might be worthwhile changing passwords for your Gmail accounts again folks...just incase!

Source: http://www.androidcentral.com/leak-millions-gmail-usernames-and-passwords-underscores-need-better-se... and http://www.androidcentral.com/google-responds-gmail-password-leak

[MI5]

I don't see a major threat here tbh.....

[Anonymous]

Its not really, but as people don't always realise they have been "phished" its just a heads up for people to change their Gmail password if they don't do it on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the heads up on this.

[MI5]

Absolutely a good idea to change any password on a regular basis......

[jonsie]

It's time for me to change too but there are so many things linked to gmail acrodd three devices it takes an age...

[aldaweb]

Another reason for using 2 factor authentication where available.

Thanks for the alert @Anonymous 

[anticpated]

My passphrase is a not a word in any language (perhaps an alien one though), Again with 4 linked devices it's a pain to reset it. Which I will do on a random basis and not when Google suggest it everytime there's a security. I get Russian Facebook requests even though I am not a member for about a year now and certainly not the Russian website.

[Anonymous]

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@anticpated wrote:

 I get Russian Facebook requests even though I am not a member for about a year now and certainly not the Russian website.

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That just means that your email address has been found and saved by russian scammers. If you can Google your email address there is a good chance thats why you're getting spam emails.

[anticpated]

Yeah google can be like that. However these contacts were actually on my friends list. Which is a bit disturbing....