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Mahor Yahoo Mail Breach.
« on: October 04, 2017, 08:52:17 PM »
The BBC and other news sources report Yahoo mail has been cracked.
This is about an issue in 2013 that was under reported until now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41493494

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/03/technology/business/yahoo-breach-3-billion-accounts/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/yahoo-triples-estimate-of-breached-accounts-to-3-billion-1507062804
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billion users
By Robert McMillan and
Ryan Knutson
Updated Oct. 3, 2017 9:23 p.m. ET

A massive data breach at Yahoo in 2013 was far more extensive than previously disclosed, affecting all of its 3 billion user accounts, new parent company Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday.

The figure, which Verizon said was based on new,,,

Above link has video report.You rectal that Verizon got Yahoo in 2018.

Do not think  other mails services are perfectly safe. Gail, Hotmail ans others have had major problems with security.