The Yahoo said on Tuesday that each Yahoo account was affected by violations of 2013 data. In 2016, Yahoo had disclosed that about three billion accounts of Hack have affected over one billion acounts. In its disclosure on Tuesday, the company said that the prospects of all accounts were suffering.
Recent updates to their account security update page in Yahoo include this search, which states that it has come to know of a widespread violation in Verizon Communications through the new intelligence information received during the company’s integration. Outside of the help of forensic experts, the company said.
“It is important to keep in mind that, regarding the theft of August 2013 the Yahoo! Declaration of December 2016, Yahoo has taken action to protect all the accounts. The company requisite all users who had not changed their passwords since the time of the theft to do so, Yahoo also canceled unencrypted security questions and answers so that they cannot be used to access an account, “Yahoo! Said.
Yahoo said it will begin alerting accounts that weren’t previously notified of the attack. In 2013, a violation allowed the attackers to steal email addresses, passwords, birth dates, telephone numbers and more. The new investigation indicated that information about theft does not include clear text, payment card data or bank accounts.
Verizon has finished its acquisition of Yahoo in June and it is folding, with AOL under a new subsidiary company’s oath.
