Wie Yahoos CISO Bob Lord sagte:
We have confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor. The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers. The ongoing investigation suggests that stolen information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information; payment card data and bank account information are not stored in the system that the investigation has found to be affected. Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen and the investigation has found no evidence that the state-sponsored actor is currently in Yahoo’s network.
Im Jahr 2014 wurden ca. 500 Millionen Userdaten von Yahoos Datenbanken gestohlen. Erst jetzt wurde dies jedoch bestätigt. Für alle die sich nun denken, zum Glück habe ich kein Yahoo Konto. Ihr könntet ein Yahoo Konto haben ohne es zu wissen. Genauso wie Google Apps for Work anbietet, bietet auch Yahoo Dienstleistungen für Unternehmen an, unter anderem, Mailhosting.
