Anyone have yahoo account???

[waltky]

Yahoo badly screwed up...

Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach
Wed Dec 14, 2016 | Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.

The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of a government. News of that attack, which affected at least 500 million accounts, prompted Verizon Communication Inc to say in October that it might withdraw from an agreement to buy Yahoo's core internet business for $4.83 billion. Following the latest disclosure, Verizon said, "we will review the impact of this new development before reaching any final conclusions." A Yahoo spokesman told Reuters that the company has been in communication with Verizon during its investigation into the breach and that it is confident the incident will not affect the pending acquisition.

Yahoo required all of its customers to reset their passwords - a stronger measure than it took after the previous breach was discovered, when it only recommended a password reset. Yahoo also said Wednesday that it believes hackers responsible for the previous breach had also accessed the company’s proprietary code to learn how to forge "cookies" that would allow hackers to access an account without a password. "Yahoo badly screwed up," said Bruce Schneier, a cryptologist and one of the world's most respected security experts. "They weren't taking security seriously and that's now very clear. I would have trouble trusting Yahoo going forward."

Yahoo was tentative in its description of new problems, saying the incident was "likely" distinct from the one it reported in September and that stolen information "may have included" names, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers. It said it had not yet identified the intrusion that led to the massive data theft and noted that payment-card data and bank account information were not stored in the system the company believes was affected. Yahoo said it discovered the breach while reviewing data provided to the company by law enforcement. FireEye Inc’s Mandiant unit and Aon Plc's Stroz Friedberg are assisting in the investigation, the Yahoo spokesman told Reuters.

The breach is the latest setback for Yahoo, an internet pioneer that has fallen on hard times in recent years after being eclipsed by younger, fast-growing rivals including Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc. Hours before it announced the breach on Wednesday, executives with Google, Facebook and other large U.S. technology companies met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York. Reflecting its diminished stature, Yahoo was not invited to the summit, according to people familiar with the meeting. The Yahoo spokesman said Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was at the company's Sunnyvale, California headquarters to assist in addressing the new breach. Yahoo shares were down 2.4 percent to $39.91 in extended trading. Verizon shares were little changed from their close at $51.63.

Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach

 

[mdk]

No, I am under the age of sixty.

 

[Moonglow]

Fuck! I bet they stole my porn....

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

 

[Ringel05]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

 

[saveliberty]

Diet Mountain Dew is as close as I get.

 

[Coyote]

I use my yahoo account for junk - anytime I'm required to provide my email for something.

 

[Montrovant]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

But they have the best fantasy football setup!

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

But they have the best fantasy football setup!

I know.

 

[Kat]

I use my yahoo account for junk - anytime I'm required to provide my email for something.

That won't stop it from getting hacked, and then possibly your computer hacked. Is a PITB, and I am trying to figure what I will do.

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

Smarty Pants!

 

[koshergrl]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

They truly are fake news anyway.

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

They truly are fake news anyway.

I don't think cnet is fake, but maybe so. BUT I did not originally read it on cnet....and this article is cbs.

 

[keepitreal]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

Those damn Russians!

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

Those damn Russians!

They're coming...They're coming!

 

[Ringel05]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

Smarty Pants!

 

[keepitreal]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

Those damn Russians!

They're coming...They're coming!

They're coming...They're coming!

The 'Paul Revere' for the 21st century, to spread the word....
message boards, hash tags, tweets.

 

[Kat]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

Smarty Pants!

I have had my Yahoo email for a million years. I don't think it's hacked, but I can't chance it.

 

[Ringel05]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

Smarty Pants!

I have had my Yahoo email for a million years. I don't think it's hacked, but I can't chance it.

I canceled my account when Yahoo went from free auto opt out (advertising) to auto opt in for Yahoo and it's affiliates/partners even if you opt out.

 

[keepitreal]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.

The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced nearly three months ago. That breach affected at least 500 million users, which had been the most far-reaching hack until the latest revelation.

Yahoo hack: Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts



Time to dump anything that has to do with Yahoo. That includes Fantasy Football.......anything. Not trustworthy...


cnet suggests deleting all Yahoo.

I deleted my Yahoo account years ago.

Smarty Pants!

I have had my Yahoo email for a million years. I don't think it's hacked, but I can't chance it.

I have had my Yahoo email for a million years. I don't think it's hacked, but I can't chance it.

Kat, according the the info you provided, this issue is already 3 yrs old...
So, really, what's the point of deleting your account?
What information does your Yahoo account contain,
that you don't want someone to be privy to,
that they don't already have if they want it,
and can get regardless, if they wanted to... Yahoo or not?