by admin | Oct 5, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not wanting to be outdone by Equifax and its data breach affecting 145 million Americans (sarcasm), Yahoo, which was recently bought by Verizon has just announced that its massive 2013 data breach which it had previously said “only” affected a billion...
by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On Wednesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment of two Russian intelligence officers and two hackers, one Russian and the other from Kazakhstan, who, the indictment alleges were responsible for the 2014 massive data breach of Yahoo in which tremendous...
by admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was just in September that I told you about a massive data breach at Yahoo affecting as many as five hundred million people, making it the largest data breach in history. However, as I often say, “things aren’t as bad as you think — they are far...
by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day will be a bit longer than usual, but the added length is necessary to discuss the recent announcement of the massive data breach at Yahoo affecting as many as five hundred million people, making it the largest data breach in history. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A few days ago, Yahoo announced that its email security had been breached. Yahoo is the second largest email provider with approximately 273 million users. The actual breach which involved the theft of both usernames and passwords was accomplished not by hacking...