500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked

A report has shown that 500 million Yahoo accounts may have been compromised.

Information including names, email addresses, phone numbers and birthdays may all have been stolen by hackers. The company says it happened in late 2014.

In some cases, 'encrypted security questions and answers' were also stolen.  

Law enforcement is looking into the cybersecurity breaches.

Yahoo encourages users to change their passwords and update security settings.

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