over 1 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts on a Dark Web marketplace . Now , the same vendor is back with yet another listing and this time the victims are PlayStation users . The vendor who goes by the handle of “ SunTzu583 ” is sellingAttack.Databreach640,000 accounts of PlayStation users in just USD 35.71 ( 0.0292 BTC ) stolenAttack.Databreachfrom an unknown database . These accounts contain emails along with their clear-text passwords . According to SunTzu583 , the database was not directly stolenAttack.Databreachfrom PlayStation servers , but it does contain unique accounts of PlayStation users . SunTzu583 goes on to explain that these accounts may also work on other sites however they can be mainly used for PlayStation-related activities . It must be noted that in 2015 , 2.5 million Xbox ( Xbox 360 ISO ) and Playstation accounts ( PSP ISO ) were stolenAttack.Databreachand leakedAttack.Databreachon the Dark Web marketplaces in February 2017 . Also , about five months ago several PlayStation users were complaining that their accounts have been hackedAttack.Databreachand in some cases , their funds were missing . While the vendor has already announced that the database is not directly stolenAttack.Databreachfrom PlayStation servers , it is quite possible that it was takenAttack.Databreachfrom a third party server . We at HackRead can not confirm the authenticity of this database , but if you have an account on PSN , it is advisable to change its password and also use a different password on other sites .
A few months ago we exclusively reported on a Dark Web vendor selling 1 Billion user accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom the Chinese Internet giants . Now , another vendor going by the handle of CosmicDark is sellingAttack.Databreacha database containing 100,759,591 user accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom of Youku Inc. , a popular video service in China . The database according to vendor ’ s listing was leakedAttack.Databreachin 2016 and leakedAttack.Databreachon the Internet this year . Although it is unclear how the database was stolenAttack.DatabreachCosmicDark is sellingAttack.Databreachthe whole package for USD 300 ( BTC 0.2559 ) . The data contains emails and passwords decrypted with MD5 & SHA1 hashes . According to the sample data ( 552 accounts ) provided by CosmicDark , most of the emails are based on @ 163.com , @ qq.com , and @ xiaonei.com . It must be noted that based on HackRead ’ s research the encrypted passwords provided in the sample data have already been decrypted and publically available on the Internet . Also , HaveIbeenpwned , a platform where you can check if your account has been compromisedAttack.Databreachhas also confirmed the breachAttack.Databreach. It is unclear whether Youku Inc. is aware of the breach or has notified its users , however it is evident that it poses a massive privacy threat to their users . Furthermore , vendors in the same marketplace are sellingAttack.Databreach21 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts , 640,000 decrypted PlayStation accounts , millions of accounts from 11 hacked Bitcoin forums and millions of accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom 25 hacked vBulletin forums .
A few months ago we exclusively reported on a Dark Web vendor selling 1 Billion user accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom the Chinese Internet giants . Now , another vendor going by the handle of CosmicDark is sellingAttack.Databreacha database containing 100,759,591 user accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom of Youku Inc. , a popular video service in China . The database according to vendor ’ s listing was leakedAttack.Databreachin 2016 and leakedAttack.Databreachon the Internet this year . Although it is unclear how the database was stolenAttack.DatabreachCosmicDark is sellingAttack.Databreachthe whole package for USD 300 ( BTC 0.2559 ) . The data contains emails and passwords decrypted with MD5 & SHA1 hashes . According to the sample data ( 552 accounts ) provided by CosmicDark , most of the emails are based on @ 163.com , @ qq.com , and @ xiaonei.com . It must be noted that based on HackRead ’ s research the encrypted passwords provided in the sample data have already been decrypted and publically available on the Internet . Also , HaveIbeenpwned , a platform where you can check if your account has been compromisedAttack.Databreachhas also confirmed the breachAttack.Databreach. It is unclear whether Youku Inc. is aware of the breach or has notified its users , however it is evident that it poses a massive privacy threat to their users . Furthermore , vendors in the same marketplace are sellingAttack.Databreach21 million Gmail and Yahoo accounts , 640,000 decrypted PlayStation accounts , millions of accounts from 11 hacked Bitcoin forums and millions of accounts stolenAttack.Databreachfrom 25 hacked vBulletin forums .