Yahoo issues warning about email account breach
Yahoo has warned its users of potentially malicious activity on their email accounts between 2015 and 2016.
It is the latest development in the company’s investigation of the mega-breach that exposed one billion users’ data several years ago.
Yahoo confirmed it was notifying users that their accounts had potentially been breached. They did not say how many people were affected.
A warning message sent to Yahoo users overnight read: "Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 or 2016 to access your account".
The breach raises serious questions about Yahoo’s security.
Hopefully the cookie was forged by a state known for such delicacies. #yahoo #security #baking pic.twitter.com/7gCeEd3Y51
— Joshua B. Plotkin (@jplotkin) February 15, 2017
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