Yahoo! Hacked

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In a blog post, Yahoo reports that attackers now own an undisclosed number of usernames and passwords to Yahoo Mail accounts.  User names and passwords would be attractive based upon the premise that  consumers use the same name-password combination across multiple platforms, including for financial accounts.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2092198/yahoo-acknowledges-yahoo-mail-hack.html

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-mail-breach-number-users-not-disclosed-20140130,0,3294421.story#axzz2ryl2Z3RX

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