Yahoo probes possible huge 200m accounts data breach

[Ripmax]

[QUOTE]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.

Yahoo said it was taking the claim "very seriously" and was "working to determine the facts".

The passwords appear to be hashed - which means they have been scrambled - but the hacker has also published details of the algorithm allegedly used for the hash.

He added though that caution needed to be exercised about the alleged breach.

"We have seen claims about similar dumps in the past weeks which have proved to be fake or just old data," he said.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36952257[/url]

[Féz]

Not a bad haul, Yahoo was already a sinking titanic even before the MySpace hack. Even before then they were the laughing stock and the true representation of the "Tech bubble".

[kylel999]

I use yahoo because all my jobs and important contacts (ARRT, etc) already have my yahoo account in their systems. Probably should start using gmail for these kinds of things...