An unknown number of Yahoo Mail users’ account usernames and passwords have been hacked recently. One of the company’s blogs on Thursday night In the post This information is reported. According to Yahoo, the hack is thought to have been carried out through a faulty third-party database.As soon as the problem is identified Yahoo! Precautionary measures have been taken since. Messages to change the password are being sent to the accounts of all possible affected users. In addition, 2nd level verification is required when signing in. Yahoo is working with law enforcement agencies to find hackers as well as improve internal security.
However, Yahoo did not elaborate on this ‘third party database’. However, if your account is actually infected, its password reset is done automatically. And the SMS has also gone to the mobile numbers associated with the accounts which have two-step verification.
Harassment continues with Yahoo Mail. Yahoo Mail Server was down for a few days last month. The company’s photo sharing service Flickr also has server issues. And this time the mail account itself was attacked.
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