Yahoo breach: Have you checked your account?

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The web has been buzzing with stories about the Yahoo! data breach so we will spare you the details, but check out how the company has decided to deal with the situation.

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account/SLN27925.html

Yahoo has identified data security issues concerning certain Yahoo user accounts. Yahoo has taken steps to secure user accounts and is working closely with law enforcement.

This of course isn’t the first time Yahoo! has been popped. Check out the data security issue the company disclosed on September 22, 2016.

Most everyone we surveyed here still have old Yahoo! accounts that serves as nothing more than spam catchers, so a simple password reset was good enough. But as you may have guessed, based on some the findings that have come to light some have gone as far as closing their Yahoo! accounts all together.

Happy internetting y’all.

 

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