Hackers have stolen data of 500 Million users from Yahoo

[WYP]

Hackers have stolen the data of 500 Million users from Yahoo, including "unencrypted security questions and answers".



Read more on Yahoo's email hack.

 

[TalllPaul]

Why have they waited 2 years before reporting this? Surely all compromised accounts could have been accessed on numerous occasions since it happened.

 

[WYP]

Why have they waited 2 years before reporting this? Surely all compromised accounts could have been accessed on numerous occasions since it happened.

Remember this from last month?

http://www.overclock3d.net/news/storage/dropbox_are_now_reacting_to_a_2012_data_breach/1

I don't know why, but these late reactions are really bad for us end users. I don't want my data being left out there for two years insecure.