Business Insider reports that a compromise of Yahoo! that had been acknowledged to affect "at least 500 million" accounts may have affected significantly more. Citing an unnamed "former Yahoo executive familiar with its security practices," the story says that the company's "main user database, or UDB" which stores the details for users of several of the company's services, was compromised. If the entire database were copied, information on one to three billion accounts could have been stolen.
Previously:
Amid Fallout from Hack and Spying, Yahoo! Disables Email Forwarding
In Yahoo Breach, Hackers May Seek Intelligence, Not Riches
500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Bot on Friday October 21 2016, @12:03AM
pitiful sexist joke ahead, if sexism offends you stop reading, cover your ears and shout LALALALALA.
> If Yahoo has any respect for their business partners they'll tell them before the media, and you.
Dude, Yahoo CEO is a woman. So, expect the crisis to be managed in a feminine way:
"Dear valued customer, your password is about three days old, do you want to change it anyway? press button below, which also says you accept not to sue us, just in case. Thank you! :* :* :*"
Account abandoned.