Yahoo issues warning about email account breach
<p>Yahoo has warned its users of potentially malicious activity on their email accounts between 2015 and 2016.</p>
<p>It is the latest development in the company’s investigation of the mega-breach that exposed one billion users’ data several years ago.</p>
<p>Yahoo confirmed it was notifying users that their accounts had potentially been breached. They did not say how many people were affected.</p>
<p>A warning message sent to Yahoo users overnight read: "Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 or 2016 to access your account".</p>
<p>The breach raises serious questions about Yahoo’s security. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">Hopefully the cookie was forged by a state known for such delicacies. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/yahoo?src=hash">#yahoo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/security?src=hash">#security</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/baking?src=hash">#baking</a> <a href="https://t.co/7gCeEd3Y51">pic.twitter.com/7gCeEd3Y51</a></p>
— Joshua B. Plotkin (@jplotkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/jplotkin/status/831908795488026625">February 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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