Or: How Alex Holden Spends Most of the Day Chillaxing on TOR and Lurking Russian Hack Boards
Preface: I’d like to personally thank Rick Romell and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel for absolutely nailing this story out of the park with regard to localized research on Holden. That the number of credential went from 4 billion, then to 1.2 billion, and then (as per Mother Jones) to ~500 million is absolutely absurd and warranted investigation. Both of you are absolutely awesome.
This will be short and sweet because Alex Holden does not need any further publicity for his actions. You have likely read the accusations that, earlier this week, Alex Holden of Hold Security announced to the NYT that he had discovered Russian hackers had stolen over 4 billion usernames and passwords. After running a duplication check, that narrowed to 1.2 billion and, while not often reported, that list was further whittled down to around 500 million individual users via unique email addresses.
more here..............http://www.youarenotpayingattention.com/2014/08/08/the-lie-behind-1-2-billion-stolen-passwords/
Preface: I’d like to personally thank Rick Romell and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel for absolutely nailing this story out of the park with regard to localized research on Holden. That the number of credential went from 4 billion, then to 1.2 billion, and then (as per Mother Jones) to ~500 million is absolutely absurd and warranted investigation. Both of you are absolutely awesome.
This will be short and sweet because Alex Holden does not need any further publicity for his actions. You have likely read the accusations that, earlier this week, Alex Holden of Hold Security announced to the NYT that he had discovered Russian hackers had stolen over 4 billion usernames and passwords. After running a duplication check, that narrowed to 1.2 billion and, while not often reported, that list was further whittled down to around 500 million individual users via unique email addresses.
more here..............http://www.youarenotpayingattention.com/2014/08/08/the-lie-behind-1-2-billion-stolen-passwords/