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According to the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of 1.3 million addresses login details stolen. Addition of 5,600 sites with the extension .com login details leaked.
This reports the NCSC today. The login details of 1.3 million addresses and 5,600 websites last summer captured during a global hack which 1.2 billion credentials are stolen. These data were derived from 420 000 vulnerable sites worldwide.
The NCSC received data Hold Security who had been previously. Dataset with all data in the hands The NCSC says that affected parties are informed. Who receives no notice of the provider, there is no need to assume that the password must be changed:
“People in possession of an email address ending .com received no notice of their provider, can generally assume that their email address is not part of this data set. “
Although there are a number of public addresses have been hacked, there is According to the NCSC not a threat to sites with an important function:
“The impact on the basis of these data as limited estimated. The security of the websites that the government manages critical facilities in touch with citizens (eg Tax and Digid) have not been at stake. Based on the current analysis, the impact on vital sectors judged to be limited “
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