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LambertandHam · 12-14-2016, 08:42 PM

Who knew Yahoo even had that many? Changed mine earlier today, heads up for anyone else though. The site is a massive security risk, good thing I only use it for Fantasy Football.

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youvalss · 12-14-2016, 09:43 PM

I can't believe anyone actually puts their name, phone # and DOB. But anyway, some email messages can contain such info, however it's not about reading emails, I assume.

Blzer · 12-16-2016, 02:23 AM

Does this explain why I wasn't able to change my fantasy lineup earlier?

bcruise · 12-19-2016, 01:29 AM

I'm not really surprised, I've had attempts on my account since 2013 so those are probably related to that breach. But that's what the two-stage protection (and more recently, Account Key which sends an access request to my smartphone if I log in from an unfamiliar location) is for. What's more, anytime someone does try to log into my account (me if I'm traveling, or anyone else) I get a message on my phone. And you can be damn sure that I'm changing my password soon after, if it wasn't me.

LambertandHam · 12-19-2016, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bcruise


	I'm not really surprised, I've had attempts on my account since 2013 so those are probably related to that breach. But that's what the two-stage protection (and more recently, Account Key which sends an access request to my smartphone if I log in from an unfamiliar location) is for. What's more, anytime someone does try to log into my account (me if I'm traveling, or anyone else) I get a message on my phone. And you can be damn sure that I'm changing my password soon after, if it wasn't me.

Two Factor/Stage is becoming mandatory at this point for most sites that offer it.

bcruise · 12-20-2016, 12:35 AM

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	Two Factor/Stage is becoming mandatory at this point for most sites that offer it.

Yep. I was especially glad when Sony finally stopped dragging their feet and implemented it for PSN this year.

SuperBowlNachos · 12-22-2016, 11:11 AM

I wonder if the hacker can tell me my yahoo password from my middle school account that is 15 years old.

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12-19-2016, 01:29 AM	#4
bcruise Hall Of Fame OVR: 48 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 23,320 Blog Entries: 8	Re: Yahoo hacked again - 1 Billion accounts I'm not really surprised, I've had attempts on my account since 2013 so those are probably related to that breach. But that's what the two-stage protection (and more recently, Account Key which sends an access request to my smartphone if I log in from an unfamiliar location) is for. What's more, anytime someone does try to log into my account (me if I'm traveling, or anyone else) I get a message on my phone. And you can be damn sure that I'm changing my password soon after, if it wasn't me.

12-22-2016, 11:11 AM	#7
SuperBowlNachos All Star OVR: 21 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: TX Posts: 10,223	Re: Yahoo hacked again - 1 Billion accounts I wonder if the hacker can tell me my yahoo password from my middle school account that is 15 years old.

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