Do you Yahoo? Or more accurately, did you Yahoo in 2013? Well, if the answer is yes, then you may want to continue reading and find out more about the latest breach that has hit the internet world. Chances are that if you had a Yahoo email account in 2013, you may be one of the billions, (yes billions with a B), with your personal information compromised including: your name, email address(es), password(s), birthday, phone number(s), and, in some cases, security questions and answers could have all been compromised.
According to investigative reporting by the Associated Press and CNN, “it’s unclear who exactly was behind the 2013 break-in, but cybersecurity analysts reported in December that the stolen data was up for sale on the dark web, a murky network only accessible through certain software.” On its part, Yahoo will send emails to the additional affected accounts and continue forensic investigations to find out who is responsible for the hack.
Some advice from the technical experts on this case suggest:
Deleting your Yahoo account and then checking later that it actually was deleted as many users are finding it difficult to delete.
Check all of your online accounts – especially if you use identical passwords for multiple accounts. This may limit the fallout of the breach for your personal information.
Install a password manager to help you come up with new passwords and try not to reuse old passwords.
Change your password and enable 2-factor authentication. This essentially ties your account to a device, such as your phone, and makes it more difficult for any hacker to login remotely. Although this does not undo the damage of your compromised info it does stop a person from logging in under your Yahoo account somewhere else.
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