Lion Heart 15,041 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) confirmed on Thursday data "associated with at least 500 million user accounts" have been stolen in what may be one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever. The company said it believes a "state-sponsored actor" was behind the data breach, meaning an individual acting on behalf of a government. The breach is said to have occurred in late 2014. "The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers," Yahoo said in a statement. Yahoo urges users to change their password and security questions and to review their accounts for suspicious activity. The silver lining for users -- if there is one -- is that sensitive financial data like bank account numbers and credit card data are not believed to be included in the stolen information, according to Yahoo. Yahoo says it is working with law enforcement on the breach. http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/technology/yahoo-data-breach/index.html?adkey=bn https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/150781911849/an-important-message-about-yahoo-user-security ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Change your password and security questions and answers for any other accounts on which you used the same or similar information used for your Yahoo account. Review your accounts for suspicious activity. Be cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask for your personal information or refer you to a web page asking for personal information. Avoid clicking on links or downloading attachments from suspicious emails. https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/150781911849/an-important-message-about-yahoo-user-security ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye 3,947 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Telling us to change passwords now when the breach happened back in 2014 Yahoo! is really not the same company that was Google's biggest competitor... I do like Flickr though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusfly 17,885 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, Biotic said: Telling us to change passwords now when the breach happened back in 2014 Lots of people keep the same insecure passwords for years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauntingHollow 4,310 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 people use yahoo ? You can not hide if nobody pays attention to you :* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD 12,101 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 4 minutes ago, Moncher said: people use yahoo ? I keep my yahoo mail for junk mail or when I want to do something but have to sign up for an account Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle 2,056 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 On 9/22/2016 at 1:51 PM, JGD said: I keep my yahoo mail for junk mail or when I want to do something but have to sign up for an account Same haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 118,008 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 They are never reliable anyway (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Wait this was in 2014, the **** 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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