Yahoo Breaks Breach Record – Daily Security Byte

Remember the Yahoo data breach in September, where the well-known search and Internet company lost 500 million user accounts? That was pretty bad, right? Well it just got worse.

Yahoo has now learned (from law enforcement) that they actually lost over 1 billion user accounts, in what may be a different breach. Other than the pure scale of affected accounts, the types of lost information hasn’t changed much. Watch today’s video to learn more about the updated incident, and what you can do to protect all your accounts.

Episode Runtime: 3:23

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE0zFXHvXQo

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Another Yahoo breach leaks a record-breaking 1 billion accounts – Ars Technica
• Yahoo’s security disclosure on the newly discovered breach – Yahoo

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)