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Yahoo

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.

  • Domain: yahoo.com
  • Breach Count: 453,427
  • Breach Date: July 11, 2012
  • Added: Dec. 4, 2013
  • Verified: True
  • Fabricated: False
  • Events: 0
  • Source: HaveIBeenPwned
  • Data types: Email addresses Passwords

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