Got a Yahoo account? Then you’ve been breached

Remember that 2013 Yahoo breach that supposedly affected one billion accounts? Well, it got worse. Yahoo just announced that all its three billion user accounts have been affected by the hack. This hack exposed things like name, email address, hashed passwords, birthdays, phone numbers, and in some cases, “encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.” What the hackers weren’t able to obtain were the passwords in clear text as well as bank or credit card information linked to Yahoo accounts.

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Essential accidentally shared customer's drivers licenses over email

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Call it a rookie mistake, but Essential has admitted to accidentally sharing customer's drivers license information via email. In a bizarre turn of events, Essential requested customers who pre-prdered the Essential Phone to include their drivers license info to verify shipping information.

The unfortunate result of this was that crucial personal information was leaked via email to other customers and exposed customers to phishing scams. Not a good look for a company that's desperately trying to make an impact.

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