More than 2 million Google,
Facebook, Twitter passwords stolen
"People are using very dumb passwords. They are
totally useless,"
Security experts have evolved some 2 million stolen
passwords of Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo from internet users across the
globe.
Researchers said that they investigating a server in
the Netherlands that cybercriminals use to control a massive network of
compromised computers.
The company said that it has reported its findings to
the largest of more than 90,000 websites and internet service providers whose
customers' credentials were found.
The data of passwords includes more than 3,26,000
Facebook accounts, some 60,000 Google accounts, more than 59,000 Yahoo accounts
and nearly 22,000 Twitter accounts. Mostly the Victims' were from the United States,
Germany, Singapore and Thailand, among other countries.
According to the research the most-commonly used
password was "123456," which was used in more than 16,000 accounts
and other commonly used passwords were "password," "admin,"
"123" and "1."
The independent security expert says that it is
extremely common for people to use such simple passwords and also re-use them
on multiple accounts this indeed results this kind of security issues.
