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September 22, 2016 06:58 pm GMT

Yahoo confirms massive leak of 500 million user accounts

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Yahoo officially admitted Thursday that data from at least 500 million user accounts has been stolen, confirming one of the largest security breaches ever after years of speculation via a statement on its website.

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Yahoo confirmed that user account information was stolen from the company’s network "in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor." The company suggests the stolen information could include personal credentials such names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and even security questions and answers. Read more...

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