Hacker Dumps Nearly 1 Billion Records From 44 Companies: Report 4s1j5j

A serial hacker who goes by the name of Gnostilayers has released another 65.5 million records of s last week taking his grand total of 932 million records overall. 2l2i6

Since mid-February, Gnostilayers has been putting batches of hacked data on Dream Market, which is a dark Web marketplace for selling illegal products like hacking tools guns and drugs.

"The hacker's name is Gnostilayers, and he's responsible for the hacks of 44 companies, including last week's revelations," the ZDNet reported late on Monday.

The names of big companies that were hit included UnderArmor, 500px, ShareThis, MyHeritage and GfyCat.

The releases have been grouped in four rounds -- Round 1 (620 million records), Round 2 (127 million records), Round 3 (93 million records), and Round 4 (26.5 million records).

"Last week, the hacker notified ZDNet about his latest release -- Round 5 -- containing the data of 65.5 million s, which the hacker claims to have been taken from six companies: gaming platform Mindjolt, digital mall Wanelo, e-invitations and RSVP platform Evite, South Korean travel company Yanolja, women's fashion store Moda Operandi, and Apple repair center iCracked," the report added.

After round five, Gnostilayers had released a grand total of 932 million records. Other companies impacted include GameSalad, Estante Virtual, Coubic, LifeBear, Bukalapak and Youthmanual.