Τουλάχιστον 500 εκατομμύρια λογαριασμοί της Yahoo υπεκλάπησαν το 2014

Η Yahoo ανακοίνωσε πως κλάπηκαν από επιτιθέμενους -υποστηριζόμενους
από κρατική οντότητα- στοιχεία τουλάχιστον 500 εκατομμυρίων χρηστών της
το 2014. Σε αυτά δεν περιλαμβάνονται μη προστατευμένα passwords η
τραπεζικά στοιχεία.
Αναλυτικά:
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A recent investigation by
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user
account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014
by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.
The account information may have included names, email addresses,
telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority
with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security
questions and answers. The ongoing investigation suggests that stolen
information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or
bank account information; payment card data and bank account
information are not stored in the system that the investigation has
found to be affected.
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.
Yahoo is notifying potentially affected users and has taken steps to
secure their accounts. These steps include invalidating unencrypted
security questions and answers so that they cannot be used to access an
account and asking potentially affected users to change their passwords.
Yahoo is also recommending that users who haven't changed their
passwords since 2014 do so.
Yahoo encourages users to review their online accounts for suspicious
activity and to change their password and security questions and answers
for any other accounts on which they use the same or similar
information used for their Yahoo account. The company further recommends
that users avoid clicking on links or downloading attachments from
suspicious emails and that they be cautious of unsolicited
communications that ask for personal information. Additionally, Yahoo
asks users to consider using Yahoo Account Key, a simple authentication
tool that eliminates the need to use a password altogether.
Online intrusions and thefts by state-sponsored actors have become
increasingly common across the technology industry. Yahoo and other
companies have launched programs to detect and notify users when a
company strongly suspects that a state-sponsored actor has targeted an
account. Since the inception of Yahoo's program in December 2015,
independent of the recent investigation, approximately 10,000 users have
received such a notice.
Additional information will be available on the Yahoo Security Issue FAQs page, https://yahoo.com/security-update, beginning at 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on September 22, 2016.
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