fyi - 200M Yahoo User Accounts were hacked

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  1. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    http://www.recode.net/2016/9/22/130...reach-impacting-hundreds-of-millions-of-users

    The hack became known in August when an infamous cybercriminal named “Peace” said on a website that he was selling credentials of 200 million Yahoo users from 2012 on the dark web for just over $1,800. The data allegedly included user names, easily decrypted passwords, personal information like birth dates and other email addresses.
     
  2. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    It's up to "at least 500 million users" per NPR. Are we witnessing the death of Yahoo?
     
  3. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    I just read that number too. You would think tech companies would know how to secure their data a little better.
     
  4. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    You would think so. In some boardroom somewhere Verizon execs are calculating a revised deal with Yahoo.
     
  5. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  6. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    This time, it really was the Russians

     
  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  8. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Worst managed company ever? I can't fathom why Verizon is still acquiring them.
     

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