Yahoo in trouble again; sends out emails warning users of state-sponsored attacks
According to ZDNET, Yahoo has started sending out emails to its users, warning them of state-sponsored attacks. The content of the email according to the report, includes warnings about a possible breach of users’ account. Recall that this is not the first time in recent months the company is suffering from account breaches. Back in December, virtually every single Yahoo account holder got an email notifying them of a breach, which...
Yahoo renamed ‘Altaba’ as Marissa others to step down as board members
Yahoo is in the finally stages of being taken over by Verizon, and so no one will be shocked to see certain changes being made. The company [Yahoo], said on Monday that several of its directors, including CEO Merissa Mayer and co-founder David Filo, will step down as board directors. As soon as the deal to turn over its ownership to Verizon is completed, Yahoo’s name will be formally changed to Altaba, Yahoo said in a regulatory...
Yahoo says 1 billion user accounts were stolen—could be the biggest hack ever
Not the first time, but hopefully the last time this is happening. Yahoo on Wednesday sent jitters down the spines of people around the globe when it announced that 1 billion accounts were hacked in 2013. In September, Yahoo confirmed a breach that affected 500 million people around the world. That was the biggest data breach at the time; but even that announcement has turned out to be a child’s play compared to the one announced by...
Verizon hints that recent data breach could halt its $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business
Doesn’t look too good for the Yahoo takeover bid by Verizon—the telecom giant has indicated it might yet pull out of plans to buy the tech giant. This is not unconnected with the recent massive data breach, which affected millions of accounts. Verizon agreed a $4.8 billion deal to buy Yahoo a couple of weeks back, but that may be put on hold going by the company’s recent statement. On Thursday, Verizon said that the massive data...
Yahoo confirms biggest ever security breach; at least 500 million accounts affected
Yahoo on Thursday confirmed our biggest fear—half a billion accounts may have been breached by a “state-sponsored actor.” This is no doubt the largest online data breach, beating the LinkedIn hack some months ago. It is also coming at a time when change of ownership from Yahoo to Verizon is being finalized by parties involved. The company said certain user account info, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, date of birth,...
Apple’s “Live Photos” coming to web via Tumblr
Apple’s “Live Photos is coming to the web via Tumblr! The announcement was made by Tumblr on its blog recently. Tumblr will also release tools to enable other web developer to do the same. To this end, the company has launched an open source JavaScript library it calls Live Anywhere Photos— “Laphs” that lets you support Live Photos on any website, reports TechCrunch. Activating Live Photo on the web requires you to click-and-hold...