Yahoo Mail hacked again!!

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Based on our current findings, the list of usernames and passwords that were used to execute the attack was likely collected from a third-party database compromise. We have no evidence that they were obtained directly from Yahoo’s systems. Our ongoing investigation shows that malicious computer software used the list of usernames and passwords to access Yahoo Mail accounts. The information sought in the attack seems to be names and email addresses from the affected accounts’ most recent sent emails.

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I fail to understand how it's not Yahoo's servers. A 3rd party database has our login credentials??

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/7508353...hoo-mail-users

Yahoo email accounts hacked from third party database

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... why were Yahoo usernames and passwords found in a third party company’s database?

For most web users like you, herein lies the biggest takeaway. Yahoo, one of the biggest and most trusted email providers out there, is sharing emails and passwords. The company has been extremely vague in their statements, reporting hackers “appeared” to have obtained Yahoo usernames and passwords “likely collected from a third-party database”.

Consumers need to be aware that no matter how reputable the company, your information can always become vulnerable to hackers and spammers.

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Yahoo needs a new CEO.

It's crystal clear that Yahoo's email product needs some serious, serious attention. I know nothing about Web based email but I truly think I could do no worse than their current effort. Shameful how they are dealing with all these problems of late.

Businessweek > Yahoo Announces (Sort of) an E-Mail Hack

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This isn’t the first time Yahoo e-mail account information has been stolen. In July 2012, some 450,000 accounts were compromised, CNN reported at the time.

Customers are left with a lot of questions. Yahoo isn’t saying how many accounts were compromised or whether there’s evidence that the hackers got access to other data residing in customer e-mail accounts. How much more sensitive information that Yahoo is nominally protecting is actually outside its walls in third-party databases? And is there anything Yahoo can change, besides your password, to stop such a breach from happening again?

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The part about "Yahoo, one of the biggest and most trusted email providers out there" is pure b-s. They've had sporadic problems for years, usually every time Yahoo changes its programming "to give us a better experience." Years ago they had the worst spam filters in the industry, now their flaws are more sophisticated.

... thanks to Marissa? :)