Hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords from 420,000 US websites

Said to be the biggest data breach ever, Russian hackers have apparently stolen over 1.2 billion passwords and user credentials from over 420,000 US based websites and companies. The report from US Firm Hold Security states, "To the best of our knowledge, they mostly focused on stealing credentials, eventually ending up with the largest cache of stolen personal information, totalling over 1.2 billion unique sets of e-mails and passwords." According to the security firm, they dubbed the hacker group CyberVor, using the Russian word "vor," for thief. This breach once more brings attention to the vulnerability of online information, specially the user credentials that users entrust companies and services they use. Stay tuned for more developments on this data breach.