Yahoo Discloses Another Breach -- Exposing 1 Billion Accounts

Yahoo has disclosed that in addition to its September hacking incident, another “unauthorized third-party” obtained data from more than 1 billion user accounts. The company claims that the information stolen may include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords, and “in some cases” encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.

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