Yahoo Breach news and trends

FBI Presents Theory On How Yahoo’s Breach Went Down
Security & Fraud // March 16, 2017

The Department of Justice bringing charges against two spies in Russia and two hackers who allegedly took part in the massive data breach that rocked Yahoo recently has now shed light on exactly how these breaches took place. During a follow-up briefing on Wednesday (March...

Justice Department Brings Charges In Yahoo Breach Case
Security & Fraud // March 15, 2017

Later this morning, the Justice Department is widely expected to announce charges in the Yahoo hacking attacks. According to reports in Bloomberg from an unnamed government source, it is at this time unknown if the charges are in relation to the billion-account 2013 hack of...

Yahoo Reports Another Major Data Breach … Again
Security & Fraud // March 03, 2017

The data breach news keeps getting worse for Yahoo. According to Reuters, Yahoo said that in the past two years nearly 32 million user accounts experienced unauthorized access by intruders using forged cookies. In its latest annual filing, Yahoo provided more information about the cookie...

Marissa Mayer Takes A Pay Cut Over Yahoo Data Breaches
Security & Fraud // March 02, 2017

The penalty round at Yahoo has begun. Yahoo didn’t just suffer one massive data breach last year, but two — and there is evidence that the firm ignored warnings that the breach was underway until it was far, far too late. And as of yesterday,...

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How Hackers Cracked Yahoo

March 23, 2017
The investigation of the security breaches at Yahoo is painting a clearer picture of just how hackers manage to carry off such a massive breach of the internet company’s system. According to accounts from law enforcement, the hackers involved in this case went on a “cyber skulduggery” spree that involved information scraping, mass spamming and […]

FBI Presents Theory On How Yahoo’s Breach Went Down

March 16, 2017
The Department of Justice bringing charges against two spies in Russia and two hackers who allegedly took part in the massive data breach that rocked Yahoo recently has now shed...

Justice Department Brings Charges In Yahoo Breach Case

March 15, 2017
Later this morning, the Justice Department is widely expected to announce charges in the Yahoo hacking attacks. According to reports in Bloomberg from an unnamed government source, it is at...

Yahoo Reports Another Major Data Breach … Again

March 03, 2017
The data breach news keeps getting worse for Yahoo. According to Reuters, Yahoo said that in the past two years nearly 32 million user accounts experienced unauthorized access by intruders...