A Russian gang has stolen more than a billion email account credentials, security expert says. Alex Holden has a first-hand view on the day-to-day activities of cybercrime networks, he says. Spam is a fundamental component of any large-scale cybercrime operation, he writes. He says a few successful cybercrooks who are quite good at what they do, and do it full-time, and are good at it. The author of The Value of a Hacked Email Account and what you can do to secure it can do, Safer says.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/qa-on-the-reported-theft-of-1-2b-email-accounts/