Yahoo Confirms 2014 Data Breach, 500 Million Users Compromised
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....
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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....
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....
Yahoo has announced it has lost user information for over 500 million accounts. The tech giant posted a notice this week that information on the accounts over over half a billion users has been compromised. This is allegedly the result of a hack, and a significant range of user data may have been stolen. According to Yahoo: “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.” The notice closes out with a statement....
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