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Technical News & Discussion => Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion => Topic started by: Glenn on Aug 03, 2016, 13:29:22

Title: Yahoo hacked - possibly in 2012
Post by: Glenn on Aug 03, 2016, 13:29:22
Yahoo is investigating claims the hacker linked to "mega-breaches" at MySpace and LinkedIn has posted details of 200 million Yahoo accounts to a marketplace on the dark web.

Usernames, passwords and dates of birth are being offered for sale for three bitcoins (£1,360).

Using the name Peace, the hacker said the data was "most likely" from 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36952257
Title: Re: Yahoo hacked - possibly in 2012
Post by: Simon on Aug 03, 2016, 13:34:44
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Title: Re: Yahoo hacked - possibly in 2012
Post by: nowster on Aug 03, 2016, 20:15:07
This comes as no surprise at all given the amount of spam claiming to be from Yahoo or BTInternet (who used Yahoo) email addresses, with names and email addresses harvested from those accounts.
Title: Re: Yahoo hacked - possibly in 2012
Post by: Technical Ben on Aug 05, 2016, 18:46:55
That and the hacking going on at around that time. Though there were many methods and phishing.