Thursday, September 22, 2016

Yahoo Says 'State-Sponsored Actor' Hacked 500M Accounts

This is nothing to say "Yahoo" about.

Yahoo confirmed today a massive security breach impacting 500 million users and said it believes a "state-sponsored actor" is behind the hack. 

The internet company is currently in the process of being acquired by Verizon.  

"Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen and the investigation has found no evidence that the state-sponsored actor is currently in Yahoo's network. Yahoo is working closely with law enforcement on this matter," Bob Lord, Yahoo's chief information security officer said in a statement. 

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