Thousands of Finnish Passwords Leaked
Tens of thousands of Finnish network service passwords and usernames have been leaked onto the internet. Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the situation.
The file contains information from chat rooms and social networking sites. Bank usernames are not part of the list.
Some of the usernames and passwords are used by individuals on many different sites.
The information security company F-Secure is urging people who visit such forums to change their passwords. The Finnish National Computer Emergency Response Team Cert-fi also issued a warning on Saturday. It said that passwords should be long and contain symbols.
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority announced on Saturday that about 80,000 Finnish network service usernames were floating around on the internet. It said Finnish usernames have never been revealed to such a wide extent in the past.
The police have asked foreign countries for assistance in finding those responsible for the leak.
Source: YLE
October 15th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
My Msn spaces account was stolen a few weeks ago… is there any info on what networks the passwords got stolen?
How is it possible that Finland needs to ask other countries for help!