By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - PC Discussion - Warning! Yahoo has been compromised. More than 1 billion accounts hacked!

Mr Puggsly on 15 December 2016

Glad I just use Yahoo for spam.



Recently Completed: 
River City: Rival Showdown for 3DS (3/5) - River City: Tokyo Rumble for 3DS (4/5) - Zelda: BotW for Wii U (5/5) - Zelda: BotW for Switch (5/5) - Zelda: Link's Awakening for Switch (4/5) - Rage 2 for X1X (4/5) - Rage for 360 (3/5) - Streets of Rage 4 for X1/PC (4/5) - Gears 5 for X1X (5/5) - Mortal Kombat 11 for X1X (5/5) - Doom 64 for N64 (emulator) (3/5) - Crackdown 3 for X1S/X1X (4/5) - Infinity Blade III - for iPad 4 (3/5) - Infinity Blade II - for iPad 4 (4/5) - Infinity Blade - for iPad 4 (4/5) - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood for X1 (3/5) - Assassin's Creed: Origins for X1 (3/5) - Uncharted: Lost Legacy for PS4 (4/5) - EA UFC 3 for X1 (4/5) - Doom for X1 (4/5) - Titanfall 2 for X1 (4/5) - Super Mario 3D World for Wii U (4/5) - South Park: The Stick of Truth for X1 BC (4/5) - Call of Duty: WWII for X1 (4/5) -Wolfenstein II for X1 - (4/5) - Dead or Alive: Dimensions for 3DS (4/5) - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite for X1 (3/5) - Halo Wars 2 for X1/PC (4/5) - Halo Wars: DE for X1 (4/5) - Tekken 7 for X1 (4/5) - Injustice 2 for X1 (4/5) - Yakuza 5 for PS3 (3/5) - Battlefield 1 (Campaign) for X1 (3/5) - Assassin's Creed: Syndicate for X1 (4/5) - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare for X1 (4/5) - Call of Duty: MW Remastered for X1 (4/5) - Donkey Kong Country Returns for 3DS (4/5) - Forza Horizon 3 for X1 (5/5)

Around the Network
FunFan on 15 December 2016
jonager said:
Luckily I never used yahoo emails, but all these news are really starting to make me aware of how vulnerable emails and everything on the internet is. I'll try to make all of my stuff more secure. One thing I don't understand, though, it's why their CEO hasn't been fired yet, the company has only gone downhill even faster after she got the job.

When did she get the job? This hack (1 billion hacked acc) happened in 2013, the one annouced 3 months ago (500 million hacked acc) happened in 2014. Yahoo are only disclosing them now. There might even be a few left ^.^



“Simple minds have always confused great honesty with great rudeness.” - Sherlock Holmes, Elementary (2013).

"Did you guys expected some actual rational fact-based reasoning? ...you should already know I'm all about BS and fraudulence." - FunFan, VGchartz (2016)

Xxain on 15 December 2016

I just did that passwordless access thing. Should I worry?



barneystinson69 on 15 December 2016
FunFan said:
barneystinson69 said:

What?! I use yahoo as my primary email!!!!! #Timetopanic

Make sure that you use a different password for every other site. About your important data on those yahoo emails... better not to run for President of the USA.

It's a work email, and I change the password relatively recently. Even so, I can't imagine the shitstorm this is going to cause.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

SegataSanshiro on 15 December 2016

I got an email. I didn't even know I had a Yahoo account lol. I might have used it once a decade ago.



Around the Network
FunFan on 15 December 2016
Xxain said:
I just did that passwordless access thing. Should I worry?

If you used the same password for another site, you need to change it for that site too. If you have important data in your emails then good luck. Id recommend erasing any email with sensible information just in case it happens again in the future. Just don't trust yahoo with important stuff. Know that if someone wanted your emails, then they probably have them by now.



“Simple minds have always confused great honesty with great rudeness.” - Sherlock Holmes, Elementary (2013).

"Did you guys expected some actual rational fact-based reasoning? ...you should already know I'm all about BS and fraudulence." - FunFan, VGchartz (2016)

SvennoJ on 15 December 2016

Didn't it happen a while ago as well with Yahoo? I changed my password for my dormant account in September for some kinda security breach. I don't know why I have a Yahoo account anyway, can't remember.

Hmm, we've noticed some unusual activity with your account, please answer you secret question. I don't remember that, yet I could recover the account. Nothing there since the last password change, not even spam, just a security breach alert mail and xbox one advertisement. I still don't know why I have that account. It might be from my isp, there's literally nothing in it apart from welcome and sign in messages.

I'll stick with outlook as my main email provider. Although if that gets hacked, I'm fucked.



FunFan on 15 December 2016
SvennoJ said:
Didn't it happen a while ago as well with Yahoo? I changed my password for my dormant account in September for some kinda security breach. I don't know why I have a Yahoo account anyway, can't remember.

Hmm, we've noticed some unusual activity with your account, please answer you secret question. I don't remember that, yet I could recover the account. Nothing there since the last password change, not even spam, just a security breach alert mail and xbox one advertisement. I still don't know why I have that account. It might be from my isp, there's literally nothing in it apart from welcome and sign in messages.

I'll stick with outlook as my main email provider. Although if that gets hacked, I'm fucked.

Yes a few months ago it was announced that 500 million yahoo accounts were hacked sometime in 2014. The breach disclosed yesterday happened in 2013 and 1 billion accounts were hacked.



“Simple minds have always confused great honesty with great rudeness.” - Sherlock Holmes, Elementary (2013).

"Did you guys expected some actual rational fact-based reasoning? ...you should already know I'm all about BS and fraudulence." - FunFan, VGchartz (2016)

Xxain on 15 December 2016
Hiku said:
FunFan said:

They can still back out of the deal.

I have a yahoo mail account with a password I haven't used anywhere else. Not even similar. Should I be concerned about this?

You answered your own question. 

I would be more worried about any sensitive emails in your case. I just went through and changed the pw on any account with a card attached to it. 



Liquid_faction on 15 December 2016

I wonder if the hackers can tell my my Yahoo password, I lost it like 2 years ago.