Yahoo Corrects 2013 Data Breach Announcement From One Billion To "All Users"
Yahoo Corrects 2013 Data Breach Announcement From One Billion To "All Users"
Estimation on a security breach announced last year from the initial assessment of one billion to "all Yahoo user accounts."
This announcement refers to a security breach that took place in 2013 and which came to light in December 2016.
Three months earlier, in September 2016, Yahoo admitted to another data breach that exposed the details of over 500 million users, which took place in 2014. The US Department of Justice and the FBI indicted four suspects — three Russian nationals and a Canadian — for that breach.
No details became public about the 2013 security incident, except the number of affected users and that hackers stole names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (using MD5) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.
A pittful chapter indeed in the history of Internet companies.
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