#yahoo breach

Yahoo yet confirms another massive cyber attack and this time around, it's double the number implicated from before. The company has identified a new breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than one billion user accounts. This makes it the world's biggest known cyber breach. has recently released a statement confirming a massive data breach in the company's network which has affected at least 500 million user accounts. Yahoo's investigation is still ongoing and is working closely with law enforcement. In the meantime, Yahoo is notifying potentially affected users and has taken steps to secure their accounts which includes invalidating unencrypted security questions and answers so that they cannot be used to access an account. Philippines is serious about promoting web development and technology innovation in the country that it has sponsored quite a number of efforts locally -- from University Hack Days, Yahoo! SEA is looking for a developer to represent the Philippines at a global hack event -- the Yahoo! Read more in our articles including "Yahoo discovered new data breach of more than one billion accounts" and "Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 million user accounts".