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   'Your data is public': Hacker warns victims after leaking 6.8 billion emails   
   online   
      
   By Sead Fadilpa?i? published 21 hours ago   
      
   Someone posted 150GB of emails to the dark web   
      
       Hacker Adkka72424 claims leak of 6.8 billion unique email addresses   
       Cybernews verified around 3 billion usable emails, archive size 150GB   
       Massive leak poses phishing and BEC risks through tailored social   
   engineering attacks   
      
   A hacker claims to have obtained, and leaked, 6.8 billion unique email   
   addresses - and although the claims are unverified at this time, initial   
   reports indicate at least half of those emails are real.   
      
   Researchers at Cybernews recently found a new post on a popular data leak forum   
   created by a hacker with the alias Adkka72424 claiming to have obtained 6.8   
   billion unique email addresses through different channels - some of which were   
   obtained illegally.   
      
   "Two years ago, I obtained more than 3.3 billion unique email addresses.   
   After a long break, I started this again and spent about 2 months extracting   
   emails from various combos, ULP collections, logs, and databases and extracted   
   6,839,584,670 unique email addresses," the post reads.   
      
   At least half is useful   
      
   We don't know if the database is being offered for free, or being sold, but   
   Cybernews says the archive weighs in at 150GB. Analyzing the sample, they said   
   that after removing unusable emails, duplicates, and invalid addresses, some   
   three billion could be useful.  This would still put it among the biggest email   
   leaks of all time, and a treasure trove for all hackers engaging in phishing   
   and business email compromise.   
      
   "Based on comments on the forum thread, most users are excited about using   
   the data to check if other leaks contain fresh new data, by comparing entries   
   to this release," Cybernews said.  "This allows threat actors to save time   
   by trying to exploit only newly found leaked accounts."   
      
   Many criminals, especially those engaged in social engineering, would profile   
   their victims before attacking. They would look for their workplace, position,   
   working hours, salary, and most importantly - contact information. By combining   
   all these and creating a detailed profile, they are able to create tailored,   
   highly effective phishing emails that can result in credential leaks and   
   fraudulent wire transfers.   
      
      
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/your-data-is-public-hacker-warns-victims   
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