Yahoo Hacked

Yahoo Hacked

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23 September 2016 at 23:29 #257570
Danny M2Z
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G'day. For any members who are still participating in Yahoo groups it is advisable to check your account details according to many news sources such as this one: **LINK**

* Danny M *
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23 September 2016 at 23:29 #34740
Danny M2Z
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24 September 2016 at 08:10 #257586
DMB
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Hi Danny M,
(And everyone else )

1)NEVER use same password on 2 or more sites /forums.
2)Always change password frequently.
3)Dont re-use passwords.
The above should go a long way towards your protection.
Hope this is not “sucking eggs “
Take care on Internet and you should, hopefully, keep one step ahead of the scumbags.
John
24 September 2016 at 08:10 #257587
DMB
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@dmb
Hi Danny M,
(And everyone else )

1)NEVER use same password on 2 or more sites /forums.
2)Always change password frequently.
3)Dont re-use passwords.
The above should go a long way towards your protection.
Hope this is not “sucking eggs “
Take care on Internet and you should, hopefully, keep one step ahead of the scumbags.
John
24 September 2016 at 13:34 #257632
Martin 100
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Not sure of how they got access to get all this personal data but somewhere around 2012 a carefully crafted email that was visible in a browser window (internet explorer only iirc) was sufficient to fully take over a (BT) yahoo mail account. No actual clicking on links or attachments was required. . Some 'targets' were hit more than once. It appeared to be inherently insecure by design and no level of password complexity or change regime was enough. I mopped up the mess when a friend got hit. BT 'support' sorted her out on the 2nd occasion.
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