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Passwords Stolen from Third Party Used to Hack Yahoo Mail Accounts

31
Jan
2014

Yahoo has started resetting the passwords of some users after identifying attempts to hijack their accounts. The company says theres no evidence that its own systems have been breached.

Yahoo says that cybercriminals have been trying to hack into Mail accounts by using credentials stolen from a third-party database.

Cybercriminals are well aware of the fact that many people use the same username/password combination for multiple accounts, so they know that th…

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