Yahoo has denied that it has made it deliberately difficult for customers to migrate to another email provider. It follows the disabling of an email-forwarding feature which allows people to…
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Yahoo 'scanned emails to help FBI hunt terrorists'
Yahoo scanned its users’ incoming emails for an unusual string of characters that had been linked to a terrorist organisation, according to a fresh report about the matter. The New…
Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities'
Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users’ email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report. Reuters news agency says the firm built special software last year…
Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users
Yahoo says “state-sponsored” hackers stole information from about 500 million users in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. The breach included swathes of personal information,…
Can companies ever keep our data safe?
Yahoo is investigating claims the hacker linked to “mega-breaches” at MySpace and LinkedIn has posted details of 200 million Yahoo accounts to a marketplace on the dark web. In total…
200M Yahoo accounts go up for sale on digital black market
The hacker said the Yahoo database came from a Russian group who also breached LinkedIn and Myspace. By Michael Kan Yahoo users might want to reset their passwords. A hacker…