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YAHOO CONFIRMS AT LEAST 500 MILLION USER ACCOUNTS STOLEN
Thursday, September 22, 2016
VietPress USA (Sept. 22nd, 2016): This is a very hot news from CNN Money to annouce that Yahoo got hacked and lost at leat 500 Million user accounts.
We hope Yahoo will recover this bad situation soon.
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"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," Yahoo said in a statement.
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Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) confirmed on Thursday data
"associated with at least 500 million user accounts" have been stolen
in what may be one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever.
The company said it believes a "state-sponsored
actor" was behind the data breach, meaning an individual acting on behalf
of a government. The breach is said to have occurred in late 2014.
Yahoo urges users to change their password and
security questions and to review their accounts for suspicious activity.
The silver lining for users -- if there is one
-- is that sensitive financial data like bank account numbers and credit card
data are not believed to be included in the stolen information, according to
Yahoo.
Related: What to do if your Yahoo account was
hacked (http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/technology/yahoo-hack-password-tips/index.html?iid=SF_LN)
Yahoo is working with law enforcement to learn
more about the breach.
"The FBI is aware of the intrusion and
investigating the matter," an FBI spokesperson said. "We take these
types of breaches very seriously and will determine how this occurred and who
is responsible. We will continue to work with the private sector and share
information so they can safeguard their systems against the actions of
persistent cyber criminals."
A large-scale data breach was first rumored in
August when a hacker who goes by the name of "Peace" claimed to be
selling data from 200 million Yahoo users online.
The same hacker has previously claimed to sell stolen accounts from LinkedIn (LNKD, Tech30) and MySpace.
The same hacker has previously claimed to sell stolen accounts from LinkedIn (LNKD, Tech30) and MySpace.
Yahoo originally said it was "aware of a
claim" and was investigating the situation. Nearly two months later, it
turns out the situation is even worse.
"This is massive," said cybersecurity
expert Per Thorsheim on the scale of the hack. "It will cause ripples
online for years to come."
Related: Why Marissa Mayer couldn't save Yahoo (http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/25/technology/yahoo-marissa-mayer-what-went-wrong/?iid=EL).
Video: Yahoo confirms big data breach:
The data breach comes at a sensitive time for
Yahoo.
Verizon (VZ, Tech30) agreed to buy Yahoo's core
properties for $4.83 billion in late July, just days before the hack was first
reported. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017.
Verizon says it only learned of the breach this
week.
"Within the last two days, we were
notified of Yahoo's security incident," a spokesperson for Verizon said in
a statement provided to CNNMoney.
We understand Yahoo is conducting an active
investigation of this matter, but we otherwise have limited information and
understanding of the impact."
The mega-breach could create a headache for
both companies, including damaging press, scrutiny from regulators and a user
exodus, just as they're working to close the deal and figure out the future of
Yahoo.
Source: CNN Money - http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/technology/yahoo-data-breach/oOo
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