Yahoo Confirms Theft of 400,000 User Passwords

2,338 views · Published 12 July 2012 · 3:24 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: The Wall Street Journal · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Yahoo is investigating a data breach that allowed a hacker group to download about 400,000 unencrypted user names and passwords, Drew Fitzgerald reports on digits. (Photo: Yahoo Voices) 
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