Yahoo has confirmed that their systems were compromised and that over 400,000 of their email users accounts were hacked! I just learned about his about 2 hours ago and already one of my friends account sent me crap.
Here is an article on the LA Times with more details: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-confirms-hack-20120712,0,2875544.story
The surprising thing to me was that even with all the information out there about email hacking and the importance of strong passwords (although it wouldn't have helped in this hack) that the top five reoccuring passwords were:
- 123456
- password
- welcome
- ninja
- abc123
Hey all you Ninja's out there, we can see you see your passwords.
One good idea for your email accounts is to add yourself as a contact. That way, if it is compromised, you will probably send yourself an email via the virus or spammer so at least you will know before 100 of your closest friends call blaming you for corrupting their accounts.
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