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6. Yes...a good idea to change your password BUT...read the articles.

Reply to PumpkinAle (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 03:33 PM

Jan 2014

Some other site was hacked...they took names, emails and passwords...in hopes that people were using the same password on their Yahoo mail account. So it wasn't Yahoo that was directly hacked.

You are most likely ok if you use different passwords for different sites/accounts. You are the most safe if you just go ahead and change your password.

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Yahoo says detected hacking attempt on email accounts [View all] PumpkinAle Jan 2014 OP

Did it give out any contact info for the FBI branch that Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #1

Get a Different Acct. Somewhere Else taotzu Jan 2014 #2

good advice, tatzu Skittles Jan 2014 #3

Thank you. I don't keep any valuable information on Yahoo question everything Jan 2014 #5

Super ditto to the Cloud thing. SoapBox Jan 2014 #7

Better yet. If we stopped doing our business and banking on the internet, you'd better believe JDPriestly Jan 2014 #17

Here is another link at AP news...this is legit..here is what AP has....AP "Security Breach" Stuart G Jan 2014 #4

Yes...a good idea to change your password BUT...read the articles. SoapBox Jan 2014 #6

PumpkinAle - please edit the OP to shows what is your personal opinion muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #8

Thanks PumpkinAle Jan 2014 #15

That looks fine - thanks for editing (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #16

I've got a lot in my account from years ago... But it's almost impossible to read now. freshwest Jan 2014 #9

Glad i quit yahoo mail back in 07 & switched to gmail nt alp227 Jan 2014 #10

Google Mail? SoapBox Jan 2014 #13

Not LBN dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #11

Thanks for posting, red dog 1 Jan 2014 #12

I just went and tried to log in and couldn't. woodsprite Jan 2014 #14