A database containing about 4.93 million usernames and passwords of Google accounts was posted on a Russian Bitcoin security forum.
The user posting the data claimed that about 60% of the logins in the leak were active could be accessed successfully using the leaked credentials.
Google in a statement to the media has, however, denied that the company's systems were compromised.
A database containing about 4.93 million usernames and passwords of Google accounts was posted on a Russian Bitcoin security forum.
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This incident follows close on the heels of reports that 4.6 million Mail.ru accounts and over 1.25 million Yandex email IDs were compromised.
