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September 22, 2016 09:26 pm GMT

Everyone's making the same joke about Yahoo's massive data breach

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Yahoo announced Thursday that a massive 2014 security breach compromised more than 500 million user accounts, a minor detail it forgot to mention until just now. Oops!

The company says a "state-sponsored actor" stole all sorts of personal information, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords and security questions and answers. 

SEE ALSO: If you use any Yahoo services, here's what to do following the massive breach

And though this massive data breach — one of the largest ever — is not a notably hilarious matter for those whose information was stolen, Twitter still came through with the punchy one liners. Read more...

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