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Thursday, July 12, 2012

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Change your passwords now: Nearly half a million Yahoo account details leaked online by new hacker group

  • Unknown group claims Yahoo's security is 'lax'
  • Passwords and emails posted online
  • 450,000 Yahoo users at risk
By Rob Waugh
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A  hacker group has posted online the details of 450,000 user accounts and passwords it claims to have stolen from a Yahoo server.

The passwords could pose a severe security risk to Yahoo users if they use the same password and email combination across other sites.

The information was posted by a previously unknown hacker group.

Hacked? A hacker group has posted online the details of 450,000 user accounts and passwords it claims to have stolen from a Yahoo server
Hacked? A hacker group has posted online the details of 450,000 user accounts and passwords it claims to have stolen from a Yahoo server

The Ars Technica technology news website reported that the group, which calls itself D33DS Company, hacked into an unidentified subdomain of Yahoo's website where they retrieved unencrypted account details.


A Yahoo spokesperson declined to comment.


The affected accounts appeared to belong to a voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VOIP, service called Yahoo Voices, which runs on Yahoo's instant messenger.
The Voices service is powered by Jajah, a VOIP platform that was bought by Telefonica Europe BV in 2010.


The hackers' website where the original claim was made, d33ds.co, was not available later on Thursday. 


It was registered in February. Industry website CNET reported the hackers as saying the breach was intended as a 'wake-up call and not as a threat' and that Yahoo's security was lax.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2172558/Nearly-half-million-Yahoo-emails-passwords-leaked-online-new-hacker-group.html#ixzz20QYVeNvr

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