Revealed: Over 42,000 Irish e-mails accounts exposed in massive data breach
Reading Time: < 1 | Published: May 9, 2016 in Industry News
Tags: cybersecurity, data breach
At least 42,000 Irish e-mails with “.ie” domains are included in a massive data breach that has seen both logins and passwords traded amongst criminals in Russia.
The accounts are part of an enormous hack that includes the credentials of 272.3 million email accounts across the world.
The breach was uncovered by US information security firm Hold Security, which said it has returned the credentials to its rightful owners.
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