Yahoo Massive Data Breach: 1 Billion Accounts Affected With Stolen Names, Email Addresses, Telephone Numbers And More
December 14, 2016
Yahoo said Wednesday 1 billion users are affected by a data breach that apparently occurred in August 2013, but so far, the company has been unable to determine how the breach occurred, blaming it on a “state-sponsored actor.”
Yahoo said user data apparently was stolen by a third party and is separate from another intrusion disclosed Sept. 22 involving forged cookies that could allow intruders into 500 million accounts without a password.