After Apple's high profile iCloud fiasco, Google is the latest cybercrime victim with Russian hackers posting usernames and passwords of close to five million Google accounts online. The list was posted on bitcoin forum btcsec.com by a user called Tvskit. The user claimed that about 60 per cent of the passwords are still active. The same Google account password is used across all Google products like Gmail, YouTube, Hangouts, Drive and Maps.
Google replied saying "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," It also said "We've protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords."
However, Google has locked out anyone whose email account was included in the leak. The company is directing them to the account recovery page to reset their password and regain access to their account.
It's also advising them to take steps to further protect their Gmail accounts, such as creating a stronger password and using an extra security feature called two-step authentication.
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