Lefty Yahoo confirms more than one billion accounts compromised in massive data breach

burfordTjustice

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Dec 15, 2016, 1:38:14 PM12/15/16

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Lefty Yahoo confirms more than one billion accounts compromised in
massive data breach.

Just admitting to the 2013 Breach. Typical lefty/liberal
behavior.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/12/14/yahoo-confirms-more-than-one-billion-accounts-compromised-in-massive-data-breach.html

Nick

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Dec 15, 2016, 2:04:33 PM12/15/16

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The thing is I knew my yahoo account had been hacked in early 2013. They
spammed my entire contact list pretending emails had come from me. I
know they also hacked an account of a friend of mine a few weeks later
in march 2013 as he hadn't used the account for years it was obvious
Yahoo had been hacked rather than a downloaded virus running locally.

So the question is, if it was as apparently obvious as that why are we
only hearing about it now.

John

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Dec 15, 2016, 2:32:47 PM12/15/16

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"Nick" wrote

> So the question is, if it was as apparently obvious as that why are we
> only hearing about it now.

The real question is why does anyone use Yahoo!

John.

Nick

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Dec 15, 2016, 2:51:24 PM12/15/16

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It is a good email to use for usenet and other spam vulnerable purposes.

I use google for real life, which just works.

Graham T

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Dec 15, 2016, 2:56:22 PM12/15/16

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What's new, Yahoo gets hacked four times weekly. The security is awful.

Graham T

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Dec 15, 2016, 2:58:56 PM12/15/16

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On 15/12/2016 19:04, Nick wrote:

I use Yahoo sub accounts and today had a Canadian drug spam drop into
my main Yahoo address so it can only be that my Yahoo has been hacked
at their server level.

Graham T

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Dec 15, 2016, 3:00:49 PM12/15/16

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On 15/12/2016 19:34, John wrote:

If they could get the security sorted out it would be a good system.
I issue one sub account to each contact. Any crap spam and I just kill
the sub account rather than mess about with blocking and filters.

burfordTjustice

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Dec 15, 2016, 3:43:56 PM12/15/16

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lefties/socialists/progressives stick together.

burfordTjustice

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Dec 15, 2016, 3:44:39 PM12/15/16

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:51:25 +0000
Nick <Nick...@Yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I use google for real life

Stand by....

Google employees confess all the things they hated most about working
at Google

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-employees-silicon-valley-worst-things-about-working-a7472166.html

frederick

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Dec 15, 2016, 4:16:07 PM12/15/16

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I don't use yahoo, but would find it very difficult to switch email
provider, given that all my contacts would use my old email address.

burfordTjustice

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Dec 16, 2016, 7:45:17 AM12/16/16

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fake...@gmail.com

So you are too stupid to send them the new address?

The empire is dead for a reason....

tim...

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Dec 16, 2016, 9:35:06 AM12/16/16

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"John" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:hPKdnQs4q7lDcs_F...@supernews.com...

It used to be the easiest way to form a "community"

Not sure if there is a better way now

tim

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Brian Reay

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Jan 30, 2017, 9:23:49 AM1/30/17

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In the main it does but it has some worrying 'features'- ie forwarding
messages to 'near match' Email addresses and confusing 'real' Gmail
accounts with those set up by systems using the Gmail 'backbone'.

burfordTjustice

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Jan 30, 2017, 9:35:06 AM1/30/17

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Everything gets copied to the NSA>

R. Mark Clayton

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Jan 30, 2017, 10:29:05 AM1/30/17

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Not due to previous purchases then?...

burfordTjustice

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Jan 30, 2017, 10:34:06 AM1/30/17

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:58:56 +0000
Graham T <removethistocontactme

powe...@talktalk.net

> wrote:

> I use Yahoo sub accounts and today had a Canadian drug spam drop into
> my main Yahoo address so it can only be that my Yahoo has been hacked
> at their server level.

LOL Really??