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<p>The bad news is that someone got his or her hands leaked password list gmail nearly 5 million Gmail addresses and corresponding passwords and made them all public. The good news is that even if your Gmail address is on the list, the password may not be your Google password, and may also be too old to merit much concern. The Russian tech blog Habrahabr theorizes that the leaked Gmail addresses and passwords were most likely compiled through phishing scams, use of weak passwords and other common compromises, not as a result of a hacked Google server. Similar databases of email addresses and passwords leaked password list gmail Yandex and Mail. As a result, many of the "Gmail" passwords may instead be for third-party accounts for which the Gmail addresses were simply entered as usernames. If the affected individuals used one password for Google, and other passwords for third-party accounts, they should be fine. The site itself is safe, and you can even give a shortened version of your email address with asterisks if you're concerned. Based on an informal poll of the Tom's Guide New York office, not that many people seem to be affected by this data dump. This makes sense when you consider that Gmail has more than million users and the password breach affects less than one percent of them. Many of the leaked password list gmail on the list seem to outdated, tweeted Peter Kruse of Danish security firm CSIS — some by as much time as three years. If you change your passwords on even a semi-regular basis as Google recommendscybercriminals most likely have no way to access your accounts or personal information. If your Gmail address has been compromised or even if it hasn't, and you want to be safebe safe: Change your Gmail password to something totally different, and consider adding two-step verification to your Google account. Change the passwords to any accounts on which you've entered your Gmail address as a contact address. Otherwise, just remember that password breaches are relatively common and tend to get overblown in mainstream-media coverage.</p>

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