Two million stolen Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, ADP passwords found on Pony Botnet server

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Trustwave’s SpiderLabs found a Pony Botnet Controller server holding over two million passwords and account credentials for ADP payroll, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more belonging to victims around the world.

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Since the source code for the Pony Botnet Controller was leaked, Trustwave’s SpiderLabs has been tracking the beast with much fascination. Interest turned to stunned surprise when the researchers uncovered a Pony Botnet server stabling over two million account credentials and passwords for Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, Linkedin, Odnoklassniki (the second largest Russian social network site) and more.

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