Yahoo said it is resetting passwords on affected accounts and has "implemented additional measures" to block further attacks, they do not
explain why these e-mail addresses with passwords were
stored on a third party server.
Just to be safe, seems it would be best to change all Yahoo
associated passwords now. ::)
QuoteYahoo said Thursday that usernames and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and used to access accounts, but the company isn't saying how many accounts have been affected.
Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google's Gmail, according to the research firm comScore. There are 273 million Yahoo mail accounts worldwide, including 81 million in the U.S.................
Yahoo said it believes the usernames and passwords weren't collected from its own systems, but from a third-party database. It's not clear why a third-party database would have information on Yahoo accounts.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_YAHOO_SECURITY_BREACH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-30-17-30-01
Quote from: burntheships on January 31, 2014, 12:25:16 AM
Yahoo said it is resetting passwords on affected accounts and has "implemented additional measures" to block further attacks, they do not
explain why these e-mail addresses with passwords were
stored on a third party server.
Just to be safe, seems it would be best to change all Yahoo
associated passwords now. ::)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_YAHOO_SECURITY_BREACH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-30-17-30-01
I'm saying its the three letter spook gang pulling all these breaches off. Data scrape the planet.
Quote from: Gigas on January 31, 2014, 12:30:15 AM
I'm saying its the three letter spook gang pulling all these breaches off.
Funny how they dont mention what "third party server".
Yah Google and its siamese twin...NSA.
Have had a couple of run ins with No Such Agency, , , on the other hand it could be said that they had a couple of run ins with me. ;D
Heard this on the local radio news once.
Haven't seen it on yahscrew as yet though. :P