BKA finds half a billion spied access data

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The Federal Criminal Police has found spied access data in an underground economy platform a huge collection. Using a tool you can check if your data is affected.

Probably about various hacker attacks and over a longer period members of an underground platform have gathered a huge collection of access data. As the Federal Criminal Police (BKA) reports , more than 500 million e-mail addresses, including passwords from different vendors are affected. The latest records probably date from December 2016th

The affected email addresses and passwords are the " Identity Leak Checker " of the Hasso Plattner Institute have been added. The online service allows you to check if your data is compromised.

 

The BKA recommends changing passwords after a positive test and also taking into account other services used. In general, you should always use different passwords for access services and portals on the Internet.

 

Tips for password designing the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) provides on its website.

 

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