[2016-08-02] Data breach of 200 million Yahoo accounts could spell more trouble

[BitcoinXio]

A new listing of hacked user accounts from Yahoo has been published today on TheRealDeal Dark Web marketplace, claiming to have over 200 million records in the hack. The hack includes usernames, passwords, and dates of birth for all users. For some records, there is also a backup email addresses, country of origin, and ZIP code for US users.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/data-breach-of-200-million-yahoo-accounts-could-spell-more-trouble-for-bitcoin-exchange-users/

[Kaneki]

It should go without saying but every opportunity to repeat good security practices is worth it; bitcoin users should not be reusing passwords across the web