back to article Canada charges chap alleged to run stolen data-mart Leakedsource

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has announced it has cuffed and charged a man for selling stolen identities and passwords at LeakedSource.com. The site listed more than three billion records – some including passwords - that had been stolen in various data breaches and let users buy that data. It also offered advice on new …

  1. Johnny Canuck

    ha ha

    2 of my email accounts showed as pwned. I already knew about it so had already changed my passwords. Darn you Adobe and Linux Mint! Strangely, my hotmail account is inviolate.

    1. David Roberts

      Re: ha ha - Hotmail?

      Is that still a thing?

    2. CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

      Re: ha ha

      Strangely, my hotmail account is inviolate.

      Which nicely shows how little value is placed on a hotmail account..

  2. hayzoos

    Apples to Oranges

    Leakedsource provided access to the stolen credentials quite usable for malicious intent, clearly bad. haveibeenpwned and breachalarm do not provide the stolen credentials, all you get is confirmation that a username/email was part of a data breach or a warning when it happens. Neither of which is usable to break into accounts.

  3. FuzzyWuzzys
    Happy

    “Mischief to Data” is a crime?

    Heck, we're all in trouble in the that case!!

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