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"Using MD5" !? What year are we in again?

NOTICE OF DATA BREACH

Dear Yahoo User,
We are writing to inform you about a data security issue that may involve your Yahoo account information. We have taken steps to secure your account and are working closely with law enforcement.
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What Information Was Involved?

The stolen user account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (using MD5)

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  • 1
    Could be a backdoor for like the NSA in the form of easily crackable crypto. If you take a look at the fact that they had a kernel module installed for them, I wouldn't even be surprised.
  • 0
    That was in 2013. Pieces of shit yahoo didn't know until now, so they say
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