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Hackers gain access to Yahoo Mail accounts, prompts password reset
1/31/2014 12:54:00 AM
Hackers have gained access to the accounts of some Yahoo Mail users, after a "coordinated effort", Yahoo's Jay Rossiter announced on Thursday.
Yahoo believes hackers gained access through a third-party database, and don't believe it occurred through its own systems. It has reset passwords on impacted users, who will be prompted to change their password. Users may receive an email notification or an SMS text if they have a mobile number on their account.
"We regret this has happened and want to assure our users that we take the security of their data very seriously," Rositter said in a post on Yahoo's blog.
Following the hack, Yahoo says it has added additional measures to protect Yahoo's systems. The company, who is behind the second-largest email service, didn't reveal how many accounts were affected.
Hacks have become more prevalent across the internet in recent months. Adobe, Evernote, and LivingSocial have all had their servers broken into and user data taken. Accounts at Yahoo getting compromised on Thursday could have stemmed from user data being taken from other services.
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