The 2013 Yahoo breach affected all 3 billion of its users
Yahoo, now part of the newly created Verizon subsidiary Oath, has announced that the 2013 breach it disclosed in December 2016 affected more users than previously believed. …
European court says workplace surveillance must not violate workers’ privacy
European companies must strike a fair balance between workplace surveillance and their employees’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. …
Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach
The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we …
Yahoo cookie-forging incident affected 32 million accounts
We finally know how many user accounts were affected by last year’s Yahoo cookie-forging incident: 32 million. What happened? “In November and December 2016, we …
Yahoo notifies more users of malicious account activity
Yahoo has sent out another round of account compromise notifications, warning users that hackers may have accessed their accounts by using forged cookies instead of passwords. …
One billion users affected in newly revealed Yahoo hack
Yahoo has revealed that it’s been the victim of another hack and massive data breach that resulted in the compromise of information of a billion users! What happened? …
Yahoo security breach highlights the importance of personal protection
The recent breach at Yahoo has proved once again that, regardless of a company’s size and expertise, security is always an issue. In the wake of the incident which left …
How to close your Yahoo account
In light of the recent massive Yahoo breach an the fact that Yahoo scanned incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence, many are opting to close their accounts to protect …
Yahoo scanned incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence
In 2015, Yahoo created custom software for covertly scanning their customers’ incoming emails, and deployed it on behalf of a US intelligence agency, Reuters reported on …
Yahoo breach was not state-sponsored, researchers claim
The massive 2014 Yahoo breach isn’t the work of state-sponsored hackers as the company has claimed to believe, say researchers from identity protection and threat …
Repercussions of the massive Yahoo breach
Yahoo has announced on Thursday that they have suffered a breach and that account information of at least half a billion users has been exfiltrated from the company’s …
Data of 200 million Yahoo users offered for sale
Data of some 200 million Yahoo users has been offered for sale on the TheRealDeal dark web market by “peace_of_mind” (aka “Peace”). Even though Yahoo is yet to confirm whether …