[New post] Yahoo confirms theft of 450,000 users’ email addresses and passwords

New post on News World Wide Yahoo confirms theft of 450,000 users' email addresses and passwords by zandocomm Yahoo confirms theft of 450,000 users' email addresses and passwords LONDON — Some 450,000 Yahoo users' email addresses and passwords have been leaked because of a security breach, the company confirmed Thursday, adding that just a small fraction of the stolen passwords were valid. The company said in a statement that an "old file" from [...] Read more of this post zandocomm | July 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM | Tags: 000 users' email addresses and passwords, Ars Technica, Associated Press, CNET, Email address, Password, security, SQL injection, Yahoo, Yahoo confirms theft of 450 | Categories: news | URL: http://wp.me/p5TuG-4wa Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://newsworldwide.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/yahoo-confirms-theft-of-450000-users-email-addresses-and-passwords/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com