Posted on 09/22/2016 10:28:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Technology news website Recode reported yesterday that Yahoo will be confirming details of a massive data breach sometime this week, according to sources close to the situation.
The breach is likely connected to claims made by hackers earlier in the summer that they had access to 200 million Yahoo user accounts, including information on names, passwords, personal information, birth dates, and other email addresses.
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Earlier in the summer, a hacker going by the moniker “Peace,” said that he would be selling credentials on 200 million Yahoo users from 2012 on the dark web for little more than $1,800. One source remarked that the current situation was “as bad as that. . . Worse, really.”
When the news broke in July, Yahoo stated that it was aware of Peace’s claim but refused to lend it any legitimacy, saying that it would investigate the issue. Now, if it turns out that there was a massive data breach, it could mean financial repercussions for the company.
The core of Yahoo’s business that was sold to Verizon would be right in the thick of this scandal, which means that Verizon may end up having to deal with the fallout. This could lead to a readjustment of the transaction price that Verizon paid for the company, which is likely to make many shareholders worry.
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That’s why I changed my Yahoo! login password today and also enabled two-factor authentication. My new password is 16 alphanumeric characters randomized in a way that makes it extremely difficult to figure out unless you have access to a supercomputer.
I changed my password, too. Not like that will make it any easier to use Yahoo Messenger which rarely works for me anymore.
Sheesh - another day, another hack. Let’s dtore all our data, in the cloud, kids!
my dob is fake, never provided my mobile no telephone. No use for others.
I usually use bogus dates of birth and the like.
Thanks. Just updated my account info.
I don’t care. All the hackers will get is my Yahoo e-mail address which every spammer in the world already has.
Gee. What a shame.
If Yahoo! is going to announce something, is that not an announcement in itself? Thereby making an announcement...
Yeah, and I’ll be really upset if they change my fantasy football lineup...on the other hand, they might draft better than I did...
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