MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Hackers with a Russian crime gang are in possession of more than 1.2 billion username and passwords and have gained access to some 500 million email accounts -- login credentials to all kinds of online services and websites.
According to a report by The New York Times, the breach was discovered by Hold Security, a cyber security company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Due to nondisclosure agreements, the company said they can't release any information about parties who have had their login information stolen, nor can they share names of any of the websites that have been hacked.