Moderators hazelnut Posted January 31, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2014 In the last day or so a hack gained usernames and passwords of Yahoo email clients. This is the response from Yahoo detailing the security update they have just brought out. http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/75083532312/important-security-update-for-yahoo-mail-users Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I read here and I don't use Yahoo! mail. No one can stop me. I am anarchy! winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Crap. I use Yahoo for my job applications. I'm afraid to try to log in now. I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 31, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2014 Log in and change your password LuLu. Chances are you haven't been "got at" so do a change to be on the safe side. Just changed mine, and thanks for the heads up hazel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Thanks, Hazelnut. Winapp, you are out of control. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yeah I'll have to do that...just to err on the side of caution. I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted February 1, 2014 Moderators Share Posted February 1, 2014 I still have a yahoo account I cant seem to get rid of. (first email account I ever had) I actually had my account hacked not that long ago where it was sending out spam. Since then I enabled a feature somewhere that made it so if anyone tries to use my yahoo account from a new device, they have to have a code sent to my phone through sms. Has worked great and haven't had any more issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I have one little-used Yahoo account and my in-laws still actively use their very old Yahoo account. I changed passwords on both yesterday, just to be sure. Made them longer and used random characters. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek891 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read here and I don't use Yahoo! mail. No one can stop me. I am anarchy! Winapp2's new logo: Start every day with a smile and get it over with. - W.C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted September 23, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2016 Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users Why did it take so long for them to confirm the hack and its scale? Why did it take them so long to tell users and prompt them to protect themselves? State-sponsored attacks are typically for political, not financial gain. So why were details reportedly being sold online? What evidence is there that it was state-sponsored? Verizon, which has agreed to buy Yahoo, said it had not been told until a couple of days ago - why not? And why is Marissa Mayer, a chief executive who has presided over bad deals and now the biggest breach in internet history, still in charge? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKNROLL Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I am glad I don't use yahoo anymore. I switched to DuckDuckGo for a search engine and ProtonMail for email and have been satisfied ever since. I think Yahoo gets hit by attacks more then any other search engine/mail server on the web. I heard recently Verizon bought them out, so I wonder if that will change at all. I would how that will also effect Yahoo and DuckDuckGo's partnership. I also noticed that they denied Microsoft's aquiration offer of $44.6 billion. I bet they are probably regretting that now. I am a maintainer for Winapp2. I also have a open-source group on Steam. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/opencommunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Is this recent hack announcement (2016) the same or different than the 2014 hack that hazelnut started this topic with? Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted September 23, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2016 It is basically the same nikki, but now a lot more of the real situation and implications are being made public. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted September 23, 2016 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2016 it's like saying, "Damn, I left the gate open and a horse has bolted, but I'll wait 2 years before shutting it and hope no other horses escape" if I was ever a Yahoo user this would solely be a good enough reason to ditch them. hacks are "when, not if". but waiting 2 years to tell users "Yeah you probably should all change your passwords" is simply "we couldn't care less". Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasgandy Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I can remember many moons ago when Hotmail was hacked, now Yahoo, I suppose Gmail will be next. Always With Kind RegardsTasgandy"one is never too old to listen & learn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted September 24, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted September 24, 2016 Would probably be a good idea for any Yahoo mail user to check here to see if they have been ''owned'' .....and keep checking back to it as more details are sold by the baddies https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted September 24, 2016 Moderators Share Posted September 24, 2016 type in your Piriform Forum email address, chances are you got pawned when the IP.Board was hacked a couple of years ago. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted October 5, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted October 5, 2016 Things for Yahoo just keep getting worse.. If you've been living under a rock (or just sleeping, since the story is just a few hours old), you might get pretty mad when you find out that Yahoo has built a custom tool that allowed the NSA and the FBI to scan all user emails.The revelation came after three anonymous sources told Reuters reporters about a classified document that Yahoo received at the start of 2015, which the company opted to follow and built software that allowed NSA and FBI analysts to perform scans on everyone's emails, in real-time, for specific words or phrases. Instructions on how to close your Yahoo account are included in the article. http://news.softpedia.com/news/on-the-heels-of-the-yahoo-nsa-revelation-here-s-how-to-close-your-yahoo-account-508965.shtml Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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