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Lenovo website hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad

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Lenovo's security headaches proceeded with Wednesday as the PC maker's website succumbed to a cyberattack, days after the PC maker apologized for preloading software on some of its PCs that abandons them powerless against malware attacks. Rather than the commonplace prologue to the organization's items, the website showed a message Wednesday evening showing the site was down for maintenance. Users endeavoring to visit the site prior toward the evening were dealt with to a slideshow that prompted a Twitter record condemning Lenovo for its contribution with the adware Superfish. Lenovo did not instantly react to an appeal for input however affirmed the security break in an announcement to the Wall Street Journal . "Sadly, Lenovo has been the casualty of a cyber assault," the organization said. "One impact of this assault was to divert movement from the Lenovo website. We are likewise effectively exploring different parts of the assault. We are reacting and h

5 Million Gmail Usernames And Passwords Leaked on Russian Bitcoin Forum

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A database containing around 4.93 million usernames (and their login credentials) of Google accounts was posted on a Russian Bitcoin security forum. The client posting the information asserted that around 60% of the logins in the leak were dynamic could be gotten to effectively utilizing the leaked certifications. Google in a statement to the media has, then again, denied that the organization's frameworks were traded off. The .txt file of all leaked gmail usernames was found on Bitcoin security (discussion in Russian), where the leak is accepted to be initially offloaded. The file of leaked emails does not contain any passwords or other touchy data, just full gmail email addresses. As the leak was posted just hours prior, Reddit clients are cautioning one another not to enter any email username or watchword mixes into any sites "to check if your secret word is secure." It shows up tricks are as of now showing up or Reddit clients are getting prepared for the tricks t