2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack

NEW YORK -- Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week.

The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trustwave said. The virus was capturing login credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers.

On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for 93,000 websites, including:


    Trustwave notified these companies of the breach. They posted their findings publicly on Tuesday.

    "We don't have evidence they logged into these accounts, but they probably did," said John Miller, a security research manager at Trustwave.

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