Yahoo is worried that hackers might have access to your accounts

Yahoo’s having a terrible 2016: After it was acquired for a pittance by Verizon in July, the company admitted to a massive breach that took place in 2014 and saw hackers make off with 500 million users’ personal information.

Its new owner subsequently sought a billion-dollar discount on its purchase. As if things couldn’t get much worse, the company noted in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that at least some of its staff were aware of the breach in 2014, and that’s it’s currently evaluating whether the hackers have gained access to users’ accounts. That’s bad – really, really bad. The company said that earlier this week, “law enforcement authorities began sharing certain data that they indicated was provided by a hacker who claimed the information was Yahoo user account data,” and that it will “analyze and investigate the hacker’s claim that the data is Yahoo user account data.” For the full article click here 

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