More than 272.3 million usernames and passwords for email accounts, including those from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, have been swiped and may be available for sale in Russia's criminal underworld.
A new report from the Milwaukee-based Hold Security, published by Reuters, revealed a Russian hacker obtained login credentials for mostly Mail.ru accounts, Russia's most popular email service, though the list also included tens of millions of accounts from the three U.S. email providers.
Thousands of stolen credentials belong to employees of some of the largest U.S. financial institutions, manufacturing and retail companies, the firm revealed.
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