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Breach details for Yahoo

Title: Yahoo
Domain: yahoo.com
Breach: 2012-07-11
Added: 2013-12-04T00:00:00Z
Modified: 2013-12-04T00:00:00Z
Data Count: 453427
Description: 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.
Type of Data: Email addresses, Passwords