[caption id="attachment_902" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Russian hacker made biggest data breach ever[/caption] According to a US security firm Hold Security more than 1.2 Billion email accounts along with their passwords have been stolen. A Russian gang made the world's biggest data breach stealing data from more than 420,000 websites.

World's largest data breach till date

The Russian gang stole user credentials from more than 420,200 websites. Cyber security Firm named Hold security didn't mention any specific names but Rumors say that majority of the big organization websites have been targeted. They didn't target only big websites instead they also focused small victims. Hold Security said in its report. Another security researcher 'Paper' who reviewed the data breach was not allowed to discuss openly. Paper said that many big companies were aware about the fact that their accounts were stolen but they didn't leak it out. Paper also said that Hold security is not disclosing the names of the victims because of their own benefit. [caption id="attachment_903" align="aligncenter" width="530"] data breach[/caption] The Wall street Journal revealed that Hold security is charging website owners for confirming them if they are victims or not. Hold Security initially published on its site that they would take $120 a month for the data breach service. However the details have been changed by a message of coming soon.

Are you hacked?

Since the data breach is over large-scale so chances are possible that you might be victim. But that's not necessary that all the internet users would get affected. So you don't need to panic but still its advisory to take safety precautions against the data breach.

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