A Russian crime ring has hacked 1.2 billion usernames and passwords belonging to more than 500 million email addresses, according to a recent article from the New York Times.
Hold Security, a firm specializing in breach discovery, claimed that the stolen information came from more than 420,000 websites including from "many leaders in virtually all industries across the world."
The Milwaukee-based firm declined to name the victims, citing nondisclosure agreements. "They didn't just target large companies; instead, they targeted every site that their victims visited," Hold Security said in its report.
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