A list containing 700 million email addresses that was uncovered by Benkow, Paris-based security researcher, was said to be caused by an ‘onliner spambot’
Apart from email addresses, the list also includes passwords and email servers which are needed to send spam.
In an interview by ZDNet, Benkow explained that this spam created more than 100,000 unique infections via delivering the Ursnif banking malware into inboxes all over the world.
Benkow said that the list was trace backed to an IP address in Netherlands.
The list was uploaded in a breach notification site Have I Been Pwned run by Troy Hunt in order for citizens to check whether they belong to the list or not.
According to ifliscience, once internet users found their email addresses on the list, they must immediately change their security password.
