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Released: February 19, 2010

Trove of stolen logons in hands of ‘amateur’ hackers

Source: Byron Acohido, USA Today

A band of hackers who were recently discovered hoarding a trove of account logons pilfered from thousands of companies worldwide are garden-variety cyberthieves, security experts say.

The gang most likely began by hiring spam specialists to send out e-mail and social-networking posts to lure recipients into clicking on a tainted Web link, says Don Jackson, senior researcher at SecureWorks.

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