{"id":3346,"date":"2016-12-15T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:19:23","slug":"yahoo-mail-account-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/yahoo-mail-account-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if you&#8217;re a victim of the Yahoo Mail hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a Yahoo email user, there&#8217;s a good chance your account may have been hacked &#8211; the internet giant has just announced more than 1 billion email accounts may have been compromised in attacks dating back to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re worried you\u00a0may be a victim of the Yahoo Mail\u00a0hack, here&#8217;s what you need to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the Yahoo hack all about?<\/h2>\n<p>Yahoo has announced that almost a billion email accounts may have been affected by a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-a-cyber-attack\/\">cyber attack<\/a>\u00a0that has seen all manner of data stolen, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Names<\/li>\n<li>Email addresses<\/li>\n<li>Telephone numbers<\/li>\n<li>Dates of birth<\/li>\n<li>Encrypted passwords<\/li>\n<li>Encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No financial data, such as bank account and credit card information, was stored in the system that was attacked, so there&#8217;s no need to worry about any money going missing, though it&#8217;s still worth checking for any suspicious activity on your account.<\/p>\n<p>The hackers were able to access the accounts by using &#8216;forged cookies&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0pieces of code that stay\u00a0in the browser cache so that a website doesn\u2019t have to ask them to login every time they visit. This enabled the\u00a0fraudsters to\u00a0access users\u2019 accounts without needing a password.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed the attacks date\u00a0back to August 2013, and are unrelated to another security breach in 2014 that saw 500 million accounts compromised.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What to do if you think you&#8217;ve been hacked<\/h3>\n<p>Yahoo is currently taking steps to secure accounts, and it contacting affected users and suggesting they change their passwords.<\/p>\n<p>If your account hasn&#8217;t been affected, or even if you&#8217;ve not got a Yahoo account, it&#8217;s still worth changing your passwords regularly to keep things secure, with email, online banking and social media the most important accounts to protect.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends using three random words to create a strong password, and suggests avoiding using any words\u00a0that could be easy to guess, such as your place of birth, your child\u2019s name and your favourite sports team.<\/p>\n<p>And never share your passwords with anyone or write them down.<\/p>\n<p>For more tips to stay safe online, check out our guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-choose-a-safe-password-and-stay-secure-online\/\">How to choose a safe password and stay secure online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you been a victim of a cyber attack? 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