Cyber security is the biggest issue of modern times and with increasing usage of smartphones, everyone is now on the little screen to keep every app. However, this has raised concerns whether the data is safe or not, as the mobile platforms have lagged to provide a fool proof security. Moreover, it has been recently found that many Gmail accounts are compromised and are under the threat of black market. The recent news has put a dozen of accounts under danger. These are grave concerns consumers have these days.

Millions of Gmail accounts are being comprised, can you verify yours is safe.

As per finding, approximately 272.3 million accounts have been compromised. The good part is most of these belongs to Russian service Mail.ru. This makes the single largest contribution to this figure. Some other big names are also part of this collection and revealing the names could be concerning for masses.

Around 24 million Gmail accounts have been under the threat of compromise act, this figure is 12 million with Microsoft and 40 million for Yahoo accounts.

The unfortunate possibility is you cannot verify whether your account is passed on to underground circles or not, and there is definitely should be reason to action against this practice. However, it is good to put up two-factor authentication which is an added layer of protection to your account. Take this opportunity otherwise you could be in the next breach.