In recent years the company Yahoo! He had big problems in terms protection of confidential data and safety of users. Cyber attacks What the company targeted, they managed to evade Confidential data of Yahoo!.
The latest hacker attacks, about which it was known until recently, they were in 2014. Then it was achieved in two "waves", breaking 32 million accounts, plus Another 500 million accounts, in another cyber attack given in 2014.
After Verizon bought the company Yahoo!, during integration and thorough investigations, he obtained new information, according to which The accounts of yahoo! broken in 2014, are part of a "batch" of accounts what were broken in August 2013. At that time they were broken over 1 billion yahoo!, from those 3 billion existing. As a result, the company began to send notifications of possible "account break" and the 2 billion unaffected accounts. At least, so it is believed ... they are unaffected.
Hackers have obtained information such as: Passwords of Yahoo!, e-mail addresses that have been made corespondetele, personal data of users, security questions and raspunsuriloe their. However, the company says that the passwords were not broken in a clear text, and the bank card data and the information about bank accounts remained safe.
For the future, Verizon, who purchased Yahoo earlier this year, says he is committed to ensuring users' security and being as transparent in security issues.
"Verizon is committed to meet the highest standards of accountability and transparency and work proactively to ensure the safety and security of our network and users in an evolutionary landscape of online threats",
a declarat Chandra McMahon, Chief Information Officer, Verizon.
We are not able to say if the purchase of yahoo! It will be a good affection for the verizon, but definitely Yahoo! has lost a lot in recent years. From the battle with Facebook, the date on the messenger service, which led to the disappearance almost all of the Yahoo! Messenger from some markets, to security issues which led to a decrease in the confidence of users.
There were periods of time when Authentication on Yahoo! Mail or Yahoo! Messenger It was impossible, even if username and password They were good.
