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Over 100M Accounts of Russia's Largest Social Network VK On Sale (vice.com)
Accounts of over 100 million users of VK.com, Russia's largest social network is being traded on the digital underground. A hacker who goes by the alias "Peace," listed the date for sale on a dark web marketplace. Vice's Motherboard publication reports that it received a dataset of over 100,544,934 records from Peace. From the report: According to Peace, the passwords were already in plain text when the site was hacked, and were not cracked at a later date. Peace is selling the data for 1 bitcoin, or around $570 at today's exchange rates. Out of 100 randomly selected email addresses from the larger dataset, 92 corresponded to active accounts on the site, Motherboard found. A Russian friend contacted by Motherboard confirmed that the password was correct.The report adds that the actual hack occurred between 2011 and 2013, and that Peace has data of another 70 million users that it isn't selling right now.
The most common password after 'password1' was 'dadada'. Wonder what that's all about?
In Soviet Russia, Social Network owns YOU!
Oh wait, they're all like that.
Carry on.
dimitri: Am of posting fresh potato, look. this is of good flavor too from sister svetlana garden.
Svetlana: I hope you are into enjoyment of the flavor!
dimitri:look! of even better potato! this potato i get today, click here for your potato too!
Svetlana:what?!?! am not of into giving other potato!!
Ivan: this is not of happenings dimitri! how is this? no one have TWO POTATO you are of into LIE??
dimitri: nyet! was not potato from my postings! is hacker of my account! potato was not my potato!!!
Ivan: you should change potato. this potato is not of secure then. maybe do not eat insecurity potato.
Svetlana: American burger with chees! I just got my free burger at the free burger site pls click here for delicious burger hams with a breadroll from actual american!!
Putin:...please into showing me where burger is....
Good people go to bed earlier.