Yahoo Confirms Security Breach after User Credentials Surfaced on the Darknet
Yahoo has finally revealed that it was indeed hacked in 2014 after user credentials goes up for sale on the darknet. It’s now official, Yahoo was indeed hacked! The reports of possible security breach have been floating around since last month. The company has now officially announced that the platform suffered The reports of a possible security breach have been floating around the internet for months now. A recent announcement by the company confirms these reports. According to Yahoo, the platform was hacked in late 2014, compromising over 500 million user accounts. The hackers have....
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On Thursday night, Yahoo sent out a “NOTICE OF DATA BREACH” to its users, claiming it believed a 2014 hack, which compromised at least 500 million users, was done by state-sponsored actors. The company does not believe the attacker is still in its systems. An internal investigation confirmed a copy of “certain user account information” was stolen from the California tech giant’s systems in late 2014 by what Yahoo believes is a state-sponsored actor. The company is working with law enforcement and “working diligently to protect” its users. What Happened in the Yahoo Breach? According to the....
Bitfinex suspends trade after discovering a security breach. Confirms loss of bitcoin, exact figures awaited. Bitfinex, one of the leading digital currency exchange, today reported that it has faced a security breach. Following the discovery, the exchange reportedly halted all its bitcoin trading operations until further notice. “Today we discovered a security breach that requires us to halt all trading on Bitfinex, as well as halt all digital token deposits to and withdrawals from Bitfinex” According to the Bitfinex homepage, the breach was discovered at around 18:00 UTC, same time when....
A hacker, going by the name of Peace has put over 117 million LinkedIn user credentials up for sale on a deep web marketplace. LinkedIn, the professional networking site now has millions of users’ credentials in the public domain. These credentials from the beginning of this decade are up for sale on the deep web. Nothing is private or secure on the internet. Whether it is your photos stored on a cloud platform, credit card information, banking details or login credentials for your mail and social media accounts. If they are not compromised already, then they may get stolen anytime. The....
A massive data breach at Yahoo, and IPFS prefers Ethereum over Bitcoin. Want to catch up on your latest digital currency and tech news? Take a gander at the stories below. YAHOO. Believing Yahoo to have been the victim of a massive 2014 hack, executives of the Internet and email giant sent out a notice last Thursday evening warning users of a potential data breach. Thus far, it appears up to 500 million users have been compromised, and the hack is believed to have stemmed from state-sponsored actors. Presently, the company is working with law enforcement agents to figure out just what....
For four days last week Yahoo's European servers were the equivalent of a cyber Typhoid Mary, spreading disease to anyone who came near. Yahoo was the victim of a major security breach, which caused its servers to send out millions of malware-laden ads to an estimated two million European users. Suspicions were first raised by Dutch security outfit Fox IT, which estimated that Yahoo's servers were responsible for 27,000 malware infections every hour the malware was live on Yahoo's website. Yahoo confirmed the embarrassing attack in a statement: "From December 31 to January 3 on our....