Russian gang thought to be in possession of largest known haul of stolen internet credentials 1.2 billion usernames and passwords. Hold Security did not reveal in any way how they discovered the attack, what exactly they discovered, what they obtained, and how or if they have disclosed this to the affected websites so webmasters can take action. The company that revealed the incident is called Hold Security, a company very few people heard about before this story. It did however get its story about the massive hack published in the New York Times just as the Black Hat and DEFCON conferences were ramping up in Las Vegas.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/news/cybervor-story-just-publicity-stunt/