Yahoo hacked, 450,000 passwords posted online

[Heath]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/tech/web/yahoo-users-hacked/

(CNN) -- Hackers posted online what they say is login information for more than 450,000 Yahoo users.

The hack, which of course was conducted anonymously, was meant to be a warning, according to the Web page where the documents were dumped.

"We hope that the parties responsible for managing the security of this subdomain will take this as a wake-up call, and not as a threat," a note on the page said. "There have been many security holes exploited in Web servers belonging to Yahoo! Inc. that have caused far greater damage than our disclosure. Please do not take them lightly."

The statement adds that the "subdomain and vulnerable parameters" that were used to hack the site were not posted "to avoid further damage."

The Web page where the data was dumped was offline for much of Thursday morning.

Yahoo confirmed on Thursday the hack of Yahoo Voices, part of its news service, saying "approximately 400,000" usernames and passwords were stolen. But in a written statement, the company said that less than 5% of the breached Yahoo accounts had valid passwords.

 

[Heath]

Why would you want to?

 

[barrix]

Glad I don't use Yahoo.

 

[soft2050]

And the actual fuck is that these passwords were unencrypted! Why da hell were they needing unencrypted passwords

 

[Kw3rLn]

Yahoo always had shitty security.

 

[Amz]

Passwords stored in plain text? No wonder Yahoo is dying.

 

[Tango]

There are going to be so many sites hack because of this, why would they post such a large password list :facepalm:

 

[Rox]

Stay away from this thread if you want the list of passwords which were hacked. This is not a cracking/hacking forum. -_-

 

[jav4u]

Bad news for yahoo

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[StyXoN]

I just changed my password on my account, just in case. :P

 

[msk19994]

Give me the list

 

[citykitteh]

Stay away from this thread if you want the list of passwords which were hacked. This is not a cracking/hacking forum. -_-

Is there anywhere I can go to find out if my info was posted?

I use Yahoo for my fantasy baseball and football. I wouldn't want someone screwing with my teams!

 

[ForumScriptz]

Is there anywhere I can go to find out if my info was posted?

I use Yahoo for my fantasy baseball and football. I wouldn't want someone screwing with my teams!

Yes, you can use the search here: http://dazzlepod.com/yahoo/

 

[immu]

oh dear!
Glad i use yahoo only to register on the forums
all personal work go on hotmail

 

[Tango]

I made a testing tool to see if you are included in the database


Check your email here http://proxylistchecker.org/yahoo.php

 

[ForumScriptz]

Yes, you can use the search here: http://dazzlepod.com/yahoo/

I made a testing tool to see if you are included in the database


Check your email here http://proxylistchecker.org/yahoo.php

:-?

 

[Tango]

You say :-?

People say you will get my email etc :facepalm: , lets see.

I took the time to convert the list into sql database, so now i have a Db with 500k emails i could use to spam if i really wanted, but im not that lame.
I took the time to make a test form so people could see if there email is in the list and people really think there email will get logged X-(

 

[ForumScriptz]

You say :-?

People say you will get my email etc :facepalm: , lets see.

I took the time to convert the list into sql database, so now i have a Db with 500k emails i could use to spam if i really wanted, but im not that lame.
I took the time to make a test form so people could see if there email is in the list and people really think there email will get logged X-(

Yes... I was pointing out it was a waste of time, as one already exists...

Yes, you can use the search here: http://dazzlepod.com/yahoo/

 

[Tango]

Obviously if i had seen that before i wouldn't have made it, but there is no point in deleting it now its done.