Online account security breaches are seemingly commonplace these days - just ask LinkedIn or Sony - and now we can add Yahoo's name to the list of hacking victims. The company's confirmed that it had the usernames and passwords of over 400,000 accounts stolen from its servers earlier this week and the data was briefly posted online. The credentials have since been pulled from the web, but it turns out they weren't just for Yahoo accounts, as Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Comcast, MSN, SBC Global, Verizon, BellSouth and Live.com login info was also pilfered and placed on display. The good news.
Engadget , Yahoo confirms server breach, over 400k accounts compromised, Yahoo confirms server breach, over 400k accounts compromised
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