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Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N). The news expands the likely […]
Russian Agents Behind Yahoo Breach, U.S. Says – The New York Times
Federal prosecutors announced charges against four men, including two Russian intelligence agents, on Wednesday for their roles in a conspiracy that led to the 2014 theft of 500 million Yahoo accounts, one of the largest known data breaches. The four men together face 47 criminal charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud, economic espionage, theft of trade […]
After Latest Breach, Is Verizon Finally Ditching Its $4.8B Yahoo Deal? – NBC News
Verizon may be backing out of its $4.83 billion deal to buy Yahoo, reported Bloomberg on Thursday. The driving factor in any about-turn is likely Wednesday’s revelation that more than a billion accounts were breached in 2013. That announcement came less than three months after the internet giant admitted to a previous data breach that […]
One Billion More Accounts Hacked — Krebs on Security
Just months after disclosing a breach that compromised the passwords for a half billion of its users, Yahoo now says a separate incident has jeopardized data from at least a billion more user accounts. The company also warned attackers have figured out a way to log into targeted Yahoo accounts without even supplying the victim’s […]
Yahoo Confirms Huge Data Breach Affecting 500 Million Accounts | AP
Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider. via Yahoo Confirms Huge Data Breach Affecting 500 Million Accounts | AP
Yahoo probes possible huge data breach – BBC News
Yahoo is investigating claims the hacker linked to “mega-breaches” at MySpace and LinkedIn has posted details of 200 million Yahoo accounts to a marketplace on the dark web. Usernames, passwords and dates of birth are being offered for sale for three bitcoins (£1,360). Using the name Peace, the hacker said the data was “most likely” […]