26 million passwords stolen by mysterious malware

A 1.2 TB database was stolen by attackers with unknown malware – they also obtained login details, passwords, cookies, packing data and payment information.

Security researchers have shed light on another huge scandal. Unknown attackers used unknown malware to steal a 1.2 TB database.

It contains login details, passwords, browser cookies, auto-fill information, and payment information. According to NordLocker experts, the database contains 26 million login and password details, 1.1 million email addresses, a lot of 2 trillion cookies and 6.6 million files, often stored in TXT files by victims.

The package also contained more than 1 million images and 650,000 Word and PDF files. The malware also took screenshots and photos of victims with a webcam, but data was also stolen from messaging, mail, games and file-sharing apps, which totaled 3 million computers between 2018 and 2020.

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in NordLocker He couldn’t recognize him The pest used in the current attacks. The login data covers about 1 million pages, including Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Gmail. 22 percent of the 2 trillion cookies were still authentic at the time of discovery, highlighting not only the habits and interests of victims, but also giving them access to the accounts.

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