Comments on: Yahoo Email Hacked

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:07:49 +0000

I saw this article this morning: “Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed”

http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/yahoo-japan-data-breach-22m-accounts-exp/240155216

It’s obvious Yahoo has massive problems, BUT refuse to blanketly warn people so thaty we can take precautions. That new Yahoo Prfesident, Melissa, needs to do her job.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:58:36 +0000

Doesn’t something about this hacking sound fishy to anyone else? I mean it’s sort of weird to read through all these posts and see the hacking has been done from so many different locations. I suppose one could allow for unreported hacks, some people not finding this site and others posting on different sites. But still, don’t you think we should see like a whole bunch of hacks reported from Chile around the same time frame? There is very little consistency in the locations that are being reported. I think something else may be going on in addition to the hacking.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:56:32 +0000

My Yahoo-Account got hacked last week from Algeria accessed over “Yahoo Mobile”.

Password-guessing should be impossible, the password is too complex.

What is Yahoo doing? Why can’t they recognize this pattern: Far-away login-attempt over “Yahoo Mobile”.

Why is Mobile Login enabled by default?

Why are the hackers still succesful, even years after this news message here from 2011?

By: Sad1

Sad1 — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:19:54 +0000

I was hacked tonight- “Yahoo Mobile” – Chile.
Embarrassing

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:10:11 +0000

Clean PC (no keylogger) and Poland hacked Yahoo account. My first gripe is, like Tony, why does Y7 auto-build contacts lists? I’m only hoping that businesses whence I’ve sent job appns had a good spam filter, else my prof reputation is sitting behind the 8-ball!

By: jess

jess — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000

I had my account hacked several times this past weekend. Reset account on yesteray oly to have it happen again today. This is very frustrating.
I’m about to give on Yahoo after more then 10 years of having this account.

By: Andy Edinburgh

Andy Edinburgh — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:21:58 +0000

Thanks for this as it let me find out I was hacked from Iraq on yahoo. I never use the account that was hacked and it has been lying dormant for a while. So I’m pretty sure it’s not a link I clicked. That leaves a brute force hack or someone has my password. A new report says Yahoo email accounts have been stolen by Russians -http://www.channel4.com/news/yahoos-email-system-hacked-by-criminal-spammers

By: S

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:31:46 +0000

I just had this, found some spam I apparently sent yesterday bouncing back from my brothers email account (of whom was killed tragically years ago) so that upset me, until I discovered it sent to people from my email, I viewed the logged in thing and it had Malaysia and Netherlands (a LOT of log in from Netherlands) yet I am in the UK, I changed my email and did the secondary thing but it still says it, I checked my IP address and it says my IP is in the Netherlands, I am on google chromebook so not sure how to fix it, this laptop had built in everything to prevent malware/etc so I cannot do scans, really confused and stressed, I cannot contact yahoo (spent 24hrs on and off looking online) til saw this, I do not understand how after I change my info it is still being accessed in Netherlands using browser, but more upsetting is my UK IP address is now saying the IP address is in the Netherlands and attached to a Netgear router. I do not know what to do.

By: Y U SPAM? NOOB?

Y U SPAM? NOOB? — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:43:20 +0000

Hrmmm someone from Venezuela logged onto my account with yahoo mobile and someone from the Netherlands at the same time… scumbag spammers such a pointless thing lol the mail they send…yeah embarrassing.. the same shite you see single mom makes blah blah blah an hour garbage.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:57:08 +0000

One more thing I have noticed since Yahoo mail hack. I suspect my emails are being read by someone. Every time I check my mail now some of the new messages are bold, others are not and I know I have not read them yet. I have changed password several times created new sign in seal and sent message to Yahoo expressing my concern. After a few back and forth responses from them they basically let me know that they do not have a solution for my particular problem. They just don’t seem to care. I have switched to gmail but still monitor my Yahoo messages as I would hate for my contacts to get hit again from my hacked Yahoo account.