Dataset with stolen login information appeared

18. January 2019

An 87 gigabyte dataset with stolen login information has appeared on the Internet. This affects 773 million e-mail addresses and over 21 million passwords.

According to initial information, the data do not originate from a single hack, but have been gathered from various hacks. The data set contains information from 12,000 domains and various web services.

The existence of the data set was made public by the Australian IT security expert Troy Hunt on his homepage, who calls it Collection #1. The expert writes that he was first made aware of the record by acquaintances and that the data was originally available from a file hosting provider, where it can no longer be found.

You have the option of checking for yourself whether your data is affected. To check this, simply enter your own address in the search field and click on “pwned?”. The verification service published by the Australian security researcher Troy Hunt is considered trustworthy by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). If you are affected, we recommend that you change your password as soon as possible.