Billion Yahoo accounts going for just $200,000

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 Billion Yahoo accounts going for just $200,000
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San Francisco - The passwords do not work, but the dates of birth, phone numbers and security questions could still be useful to an adept cyberthief

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Published: Sat 18 Mar 2017, 9:19 PM

Last updated: Sat 18 Mar 2017, 11:22 PM

One billion Yahoo accounts are up for sale at $200,000 or best offer, a media report has said.
The passwords do not work, but the dates of birth, phone numbers and security questions could still be useful to an adept cyberthief, a New York Times report said. US Federal prosecutors unsealed indictments this week against four Russians, including two hackers and two intelligence officers, responsible for a 2014 intrusion into Yahoo's systems that affected 500 million user accounts.
Despite this, data on one billion accounts - stolen in another attack on the company in 2013 - appeared to remain available on underground hacker forums on Friday, the NYT report added. The authorities were tight-lipped about their investigation of the 2013 attack, which is the largest known breach of a private company's computer systems.
"We're not willing to comment right now if there is a connection between the two investigations," Malcolm Palmore, who oversees the FBI's cybersecurity division in San Francisco, said after the government unveiled the indictments.


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