US/UK Gmail account details stolen - quite old though

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This got me panicking this morning, but doesn't seem as bad as some others recently.

Plain-text passwords and account names linked to five million Gmail accounts have been leaked onto several Russian forums.

Security experts had already confirmed the data seemed legit, albeit approximately three years old.
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If you're from US/UK (mainly) and haven't changed your gmail password in 3 years, you'll be most at risk. Hopefully Google will have notified you, but you can also check if your account details have been stolen (in this and many other website hacks) from this excellent checking site.
 
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