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Hacker crew nicks '1.2 billion passwords' – but WHERE did they all come from?

Pascal Monett Silver badge

I'm guessing that, in a majority of those 400k+ cases, the website is for a small company and the developer is also responsible for procurement, storage, sales and maybe even marketing, because he's alone or with maybe an associate.

Also, they probably operate under the assumption that they're too small to interest anybody.

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