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Yahoo hit in worst hack ever...
Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped
The internet company, being bought by Verizon, says a state-sponsored actor stole email addresses, passwords and birth dates. Change your passwords. Now.
Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history.
The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a press release. Encrypted passwords, which are jumbled so only a person with the right passcode can read them, were also taken.
The internet pioneer, which is in the process of selling itself to Verizon, said it's "working closely" with law enforcement. It called the hackers a "state-sponsored actor," though it didn't identify a country behind the breach.
Yahoo urged users to change their passwords if they haven't since 2014. The company has 1 billion monthly active users for all its internet services, which span finance, online shopping and fantasy football. Its mail service alone has about 225 million monthly active users, Yahoo told CNET in June...
https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-500-mil ... ta-breach/
The internet company, being bought by Verizon, says a state-sponsored actor stole email addresses, passwords and birth dates. Change your passwords. Now.
Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history.
The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a press release. Encrypted passwords, which are jumbled so only a person with the right passcode can read them, were also taken.
The internet pioneer, which is in the process of selling itself to Verizon, said it's "working closely" with law enforcement. It called the hackers a "state-sponsored actor," though it didn't identify a country behind the breach.
Yahoo urged users to change their passwords if they haven't since 2014. The company has 1 billion monthly active users for all its internet services, which span finance, online shopping and fantasy football. Its mail service alone has about 225 million monthly active users, Yahoo told CNET in June...
https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-500-mil ... ta-breach/
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2014?
it took two years to say something!
it took two years to say something!
i am on these blocked lists;
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Re: Yahoo hit in worst hack ever...
They only found out this week.........SinnSisamouth wrote:2014?
it took two years to say something!
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They know the answers to security questions?
This means that the fiendish Chinese know my mother's maiden name!
This means that the fiendish Chinese know my mother's maiden name!
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clinton?boozyoldman wrote:They know the answers to security questions?
This means that the fiendish Chinese know my mother's maiden name!
i am on these blocked lists;
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