Yahoo Mail Hack V1
As you may have read in the news, Yahoo Mail has been hacked by a state-sponsored actor. The hackers used forged cookies to access accounts and steal personal information. Over 1 billion accounts were compromised, making this one of the largest data breaches in history. But don’t just take our word for it…you can find the details in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/yahoo-hack-state-sponsored-hackers-stolen-usernames-emails Here is what Yahoo had to say about the state sponsored attack: https://www.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-provides-update-data-security-incident-203600483.html
Yahoo warned users that they should change their passwords, but did not indicate exactly how many accounts had been affected by the breach. The FBI is also investigating the situation.
The hackers used forged cookies to access accounts and steal personal information. Over 1 billion accounts were compromised, making this one of the largest data breaches in history. But don't just take our word for it...you can find the details in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/yahoo-hack-state-sponsored-hackers-stolen-usernames-emails Here is what Yahoo had to say about the state sponsored attack:
Yahoo has resigned its advertising partnership with Verizon due to a “significant security incident” that saw one billion user accounts hacked. In a statement, Yahoo acknowledged that it would be “terminating the agreement to repurchase Verizon’s convertible note,” which means company executives will forfeit $4.8 billion in cash to Verizon — $1.3 billion of which is a fee for breaking the deal previously agreed upon. Verizon first bought Yahoo in 2017 and was to combine all of Yahoo and AOL under the Oath brand and CEO Tim Armstrong. However, last year Verizon revealed that data from all three companies was hacked, likely compromising more than one million accounts between them. Though Verizon was aware of the security breach when it purchased the companies in 2017, documents suggest that Yahoo executives were attempting to cover up the hack during the deal. Verizon, which was issued a $350 million discount for Yahoo’s trouble, made an agreement to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.48 billion, in addition to paying another $350 million in cash if Yahoo met certain performance targets in 2017 and 2018.
The hack of one billion accounts likely occurred due to a 2013 software update that left users’ passwords vulnerable. As a result of this breach and others, Verizon is providing free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
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