Milwaukee-based Hold Security obtained 1.17 billion stolen credentials – of which 272 million are unique – for free from an unidentified “kid from a small town in Russia” Hold Security says the leaked credentials are for tens of millions of email addresses tied to the world’s biggest email service providers. Hold Security also caught flak from security experts for appearing to use the breach to advertise a $120 per year service to alert organizations when the security firm found their customers’ account details in data dumps or for sale on cybercrime forums.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/272-million-stolen-credentials-for-sale-dont-panic-p-2122