verified2012-07-11

YahooYahoo breach

yahoo.com · 453,427 records compromised

Records
453K
Breach date
2012-07-11
Domain
yahoo.com
Data classes
2

Description

In July 2012, Yahoo! had their online publishing service "Voices" compromised via a SQL injection attack. The breach resulted in the disclosure of nearly half a million usernames and passwords stored in plain text. The breach showed that of the compromised accounts, a staggering 59% of people who also had accounts in the Sony breach reused their passwords across both services .

Compromised data classes· 2

Email addressesPasswords

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Sourced from Have I Been Pwned. Aggregate metadata only — no PII. Curated by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.