Thread: Yahoo confirms 500 million accounts compromised in huge data breach

Yahoo has confirmed that hackers stole information from at least 500 million user accounts in what it describes as a “state-sponsored” attack.

In a statement released Thursday, Yahoo’s Chief Information Security Officer Bob Lord said that the information was stolen from the company’s network 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,” he said.

However, an ongoing investigation into the hack suggests that stolen information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information, according to Lord. Payment card data and bank account information are not stored in the affected system, he added.

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Soooo I kind of have around 5000k undeleted or unread emails. I am way too lazy to clean it out and the hackers probably have tons of info on me.

Maybe I should just do GMail.

I knew something was fishy when I started getting Donald Trump emails.

2 years later yahoo tells people.

Hilarious.

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

2 years later yahoo tells people.

Hilarious.

ur mom is hilarious

My Yahoo account is my junk email account. When I have to sign up for crap that is the one I use. I'm not even going to bother.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

My Yahoo account is my junk email account. When I have to sign up for crap that is the one I use. I'm not even going to bother.

You mean porn sites.

I still have one but it was just for yahoo fantasy leagues... have at 'er hackers.

Not really worried either but one has to wonder why go through all the trouble of data mining if you don't plan on abusing it.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

Not really worried either but one has to wonder why go through all the trouble of data mining if you don't plan on abusing it.

Probably just a stress test for a bigger attack later on. Nothing to worry about!

Eh ****, they've found my junk email. This sucks.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

Not really worried either but one has to wonder why go through all the trouble of data mining if you don't plan on abusing it.

no use worrying, it happened 2 years ago

NEW YORK — Yahoo scanned hundreds of millions of incoming emails at the behest of U.S. intelligence or law enforcement, according to a report published Tuesday.

The internet company conducted the surveillance last year after receiving a classified demand from the National Security Agency or the FBI, Reuters said in its story. The report cited three former Yahoo employees and another unidentified person familiar with the matter.

Those individuals told Reuters that the government pushed Yahoo to search for a string of letters, numbers or other characters. That meant the fishing expedition could have involved finding a specific phrase or code in the text of an email or an attachment.

NON-DENIALS AND DENIALS

Yahoo built a special software program to comply with the government’s request, according to Reuters.

rest - http://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/04...ons-of-emails/