Ahh I was under the impression it was the 2012 hack but they only just realised how serious it is.
My bad.
Ouch then.
Details on five hundred million Yahoo user accounts compromised - UPDATE - Now all accounts
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Ahh I was under the impression it was the 2012 hack but they only just realised how serious it is.
My bad.
Ouch then.
They have. They have immediately released details as soon as they were aware.
Sadly, they weren't aware. It took them two years to notice. It was only cause they were looking into a hack last month they discovered the entire database was lifted two years ago....................
Interesting they are saying its been a country power who hacked them not normal hackers.
Not sure on Sky but BT do.
AOL
Didn't know they were still going.
Yeah surprisingly and afaik no hacks yet. AOL better than Yahoo
.I doubt too many people are interested dont worry
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They switched everyone over to 365 didn't they?
They have. They have immediately released details as soon as they were aware.
Sadly, they weren't aware. It took them two years to notice. It was only cause they were looking into a hack last month they discovered the entire database was lifted two years ago....................
Interesting they are saying its been a country power who hacked them not normal hackers.
They're saying it because the method used was incredibly similar (to be read as 'exactly the same as') compared to previous Russian state sponsored hacks.
Though what they're not saying is Russia sponsored it.
My main address is a yahoo one, as I have had it since 99, every account I have set up with anything uses it as the base address.
I'm not worried though, I update my password annually, have 2 factor authentication, etc.
I'm not worried though, I update my password annually, have 2 factor authentication, etc.
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Yeah Sky use Yahoo for their email, as im with them, but i didn't set my email account up till last October.
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Never had a problem with my Yahoo account, must have had it for around 18 years, however this thread kind of spurred me into doing what I have been wanting to do for a while and migrate my account to Outlook
What a nightmare!
You would think you could just import it but no, I had to connect it so it synchronised and it missed some folders, recreate all folders within Outlook and copy the content from synced folders to Oulook then disconnect the account, put a forward on my yahoo account and now I'm going to spend the rest of my life remembering passwords for anything and everything so I can update my email address
Thanks OP
What a nightmare!
You would think you could just import it but no, I had to connect it so it synchronised and it missed some folders, recreate all folders within Outlook and copy the content from synced folders to Oulook then disconnect the account, put a forward on my yahoo account and now I'm going to spend the rest of my life remembering passwords for anything and everything so I can update my email address
Thanks OP
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How do they discover such things two years later, admins going through old logs?
Or finding an exploit, and checking back to see if it was ever used?
Or finding an exploit, and checking back to see if it was ever used?
It looks like they were investigating a current hack. The two year old one was obviously very well done with it not being noticed at the time.
Or they're just that incompetent.
I actually wonder if it was picked up in a pre purchase Verizon audit.