|
Yahoo! Inc. says it's investigating reports of a security breach that has purportedly exposed nearly half a million users' email addresses and passwords. ![]() Investigations on! (Image credit: Getty Images)
The company said in a statement that that it was looking into "claims of a compromise of Yahoo! user IDs" but didn't give any further detail as to the size of the reported breach or how it may have happened.
Technology news websites including CNET, Ars Technica, and Mashable cited hackers calling themselves the D33D Company as claiming responsibility for the attack, adding that data posted to the group's website carried more than 453,000 login credentials from an unidentified Yahoo! site.
A Ukraine-registered website associated with D33D Company was unreachable Thursday; an email address and a phone number attributed to the site's registrant appeared to be invalid.
Associated Press |
Tags: Yahoo! breach , Online Security Breach , Cyber Crime , Cyber Criminals , Cyber Attack , password breach investigation
SPOTLIGHT
Steve Jobs talks legacy and obsolete...
20 Jun, 2013, 12:31 PM
Google to open Android Nation stores in...
20 Jun, 2013, 11:23 AM
Aping Vodafone, Airtel slashes prepaid 2G...
20 Jun, 2013, 09:37 AM
Yahoo! assures it has ID recycling under control
20 Jun, 2013, 12:30 PM IST
Digg Reader to go live for all users on June 26
18 Jun, 2013, 10:08 AM IST
Google to create industry-wide database to banish child pornography
17 Jun, 2013, 10:06 AM IST
Vines more shared on Twitter than Instagram images now
09 Jun, 2013, 11:16 AM IST
Google Reader dead because of smartphone users: Google
07 Jun, 2013, 01:36 PM IST
LinkedIn back up after hour-long outage following DNS issue
20 Jun, 2013, 01:21 PM
Yahoo! assures it has ID recycling under control
20 Jun, 2013, 12:30 PM
Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome lets you clip from Gmail
19 Jun, 2013, 04:40 PM
5 Websites to buy cool and quirky gadgets
If you like collecting some really cool and bizarre stuff, or you are...
High-speed Internet plans in India
We can pin our hopes on ISPs who are now providing Internet speeds over...
The state of Internet connectivity in India
A decade ago Internet connectivity may have been considered a luxury, but...
Catch 22: Microsoft Xbox One or Sony PlayStation 4?
Shishir Mukherjee
Thu Jun 20, 13:44:50
Microsoft removes always-online requirement from Xbox One
Cheecha Leather
Thu Jun 20, 13:32:07
Sony announces free PlayStation Plus games for July
saurav bhattacharjee
Thu Jun 20, 13:23:18
Google to open Android Nation stores in...
Microsoft considered buying Nokia's...
Microsoft to use Qualcomm chips on...
Sony Xperia Tablet Z (SGP321) Review
New MacBook Air coming soon to India;...
Alienware shows three new gaming notebooks
Gog.com kicks off summer sale with a free...
PC version of Assassin's Creed 4:...


















reddit

Mixx
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
delicious
MySpace




















