Showing posts with label Yahoo Cyberattack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yahoo Cyberattack. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information

Article Title: Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information
Snippet of Article: "...More than 150,000 U.S. government and military employees are among the victims of Yahoo! Inc.’s newly disclosed data breach, and their names, passwords, telephone numbers, security questions, birth dates, and backup e-mail addresses are now in the hands of cybercriminals. It’s a leak that could allow foreign intelligence services to identify employees and hack their personal and work accounts, posing a threat to national security. These employees had given their official government accounts to Yahoo in case they were ever locked out of their e-mail..."


Source: www.bloomberg.com

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