Passwords for 400,000 Yahoo, Other Accounts Disclosed

Yahoo confirmed that a file containing approximately 400,000 usernames and passwords to Yahoo and other companies was stolen. A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted usernames and passwords for what appeared to be 453,492 accounts belonging to Yahoo, but also Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Comcast, MSN, SBC Global, Verizon, BellSouth and Live.com users.

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