H Yahoo κυκλοφόρησε ένα σημαντικό μήνυμα ασφαλείας για τους users on the company's official blog a while ago confirming that information on at least 500 million Yahoo accounts has been compromised in late 2014.
The company believes that the hackers behind the attack was some cybernetic service without naming the state. According to the company's blog post, names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords, and in some cases encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers have been leaked.
Yahoo he says that there is no evidence that leaked payment card data, bank account details, or other financial information have leaked.
Based on the ongoing research, Yahoo believes the leaked information concerns at least 500 million user accounts.
The investigation has not revealed evidence that hackers are still in their networks today.
Yahoo, as the publication says, continues to work closely with law enforcement authorities and plans to inform all users affected by the attack.
Everyone with a Yahoo account, switch now code access (although it would be better to change company) from the following page:
Read the PDF with the information and the announcement of hack and data leak: