Sep 22 2016
Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Users Hit By Account Data Breach

Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Users Hit By Account Data Breach

See press release here.

The Yahoo press release states:  “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.”

This after Verizon’s recent acquisition of Yahoo for $4.8 Billion.

The press release goes on to state:

“The ongoing investigation suggests that stolen information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information; payment card data and bank account information are not stored in the system that the investigation has found to be affected. Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen and the investigation has found no evidence that the state-sponsored actor is currently in Yahoo’s network.”

Yahoo will publish additional information here:

Additional information will be available on the Yahoo Security Issue FAQs page, https://yahoo.com/security-update, beginning at 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on September 22, 2016.

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