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

    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 log-in credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers.
    Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/04/tech...len/index.html
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    That's a lot of accounts. Wonder what these hackers hope to achieve with this though?
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    heck why i use two-factor authentication

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    Sadly, the most common password used was "123456."
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