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    Attention 500 million Yahoo accounts hacked!

    Hackers stole information from about 500 million users from Yahoo, the company has confirmed.


    The breach occurred in late 2014 and included swathes of personal identifiable information, as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.

    It did not include any credit card data, the site said, adding it believed the attack was state-sponsored.

    In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8bn (£3.7bn).

    It is not yet known if the breach will have an impact on that sale or its valuation.

    'Massive breach'

    News of a possible major attack on Yahoo emerged in August when a hacker known as "Peace" was apparently attempting to sell information on 200 million Yahoo accounts.
    Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the breach was far bigger than first thought.


    It recommended all users should change their passwords if they had not done so since 2014.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016

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    BBC News Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users


    Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.
    The breach included swathes of personal information including names and emails as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.
    It did not include any credit card data, the site said, adding it believed the attack was state-sponsored.
    In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8bn (£3.7bn).
    Password change

    News of a possible major attack on the technology firm emerged in August when a hacker known as "Peace" was apparently attempting to sell information on 200 million Yahoo accounts.
    Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the breach was far bigger than first thought.
    The data taken includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords.
    Yahoo recommended all users should change their passwords if they had not done so since 2014.
    Verizon told the BBC it had learned of the hack "within the last two days" and said it had "limited information".
    The company added: "We will evaluate as the investigation continues through the lens of overall Verizon interests, including consumers, customers, shareholders and related communities.
    "Until then, we are not in position to further comment."
    Yahoo said in a statement: "Online intrusions and thefts by state-sponsored actors have become increasingly common across the technology industry."
    Reuters reported three unnamed US intelligence officials as saying they believed the attack was state-sponsored because it was similar to previous hacks linked to Russian intelligence agencies.
    Nikki Parker, vice-president at security company Covata, said: "Yahoo is likely to come under intense scrutiny from regulators, the media and public and rightly so. Corporations can't shy away from data breaches and they must hold their hands up and show that they are committed to resolving the problem."
    She added: "Let's hope the ink is dry on the contract with Verizon."
    The scale of the hack eclipses other recent, major tech breaches - such as MySpace (359 million), Linkedin (159 million) and Adobe (152 million).

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    • 2000 Yahoo valued at $125bn at height of dot.com boom


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    • 2008 Microsoft's $44.6bn offer for Yahoo is turned down


    • 2013 Blogging site Tumblr acquired by Yahoo for $1.1bn


    • 2015 Yahoo makes net loss of $4.4bn


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    Default Re: 500 million Yahoo accounts hacked!

    Quote Originally Posted by JonEp View Post
    Hackers stole information from about 500 million users from Yahoo, the company has confirmed.


    The breach occurred in late 2014 and included swathes of personal identifiable information, as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.

    It did not include any credit card data, the site said, adding it believed the attack was state-sponsored.

    In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8bn (£3.7bn).

    It is not yet known if the breach will have an impact on that sale or its valuation.

    'Massive breach'

    News of a possible major attack on Yahoo emerged in August when a hacker known as "Peace" was apparently attempting to sell information on 200 million Yahoo accounts.
    Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the breach was far bigger than first thought.


    It recommended all users should change their passwords if they had not done so since 2014.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016

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    Default Re: 500 million Yahoo accounts hacked!

    Strange how some of us (myself included) knew about this in 2014 after it happened and yet it's only officially released now!

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    Default Re: 500 million Yahoo accounts hacked!

    Verizon might save a few quid.


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    Default Re: 500 million Yahoo accounts hacked!

    Heard a lot of the media outlets saying there was no need to be concerned because no unencrypted passwords got taken, great but they got all the encrypted passwords and have had 2 years to crack them thanks to Yahoo twats and media thicko's thinking that's nothing to be concerned about.

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