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" This week Yahoo confirmed that in 2014 hackers stole information from 500 million of their users. This is the biggest recorded cyber attack in history. According to the Internet giant data stolen included names, email address, telephone numbers, dates of birth and also encrypted passwords. No financial data was stolen, however. Yahoo are currently investigating what happened, but if you have a Yahoo account, or once did, what should you do?  Change your password Yahoo has said that if you&amp;#039;ve been hacked they will email to let you know. But considering there are 500 million users who have been hacked then it may take them a while to get round to contacting everyone.  So change your password anyway. And get into the habit of changing your passwords frequently, as well as making sure you don&amp;#039;t have the same password on lots of different devices. Yes we know it&amp;#039;s annoying to have to remember lots of different passwords, but it&amp;#039;s great for your online safety. Don&amp;#039;t choose a password that will be obvious to guess either, so family names are out, as well as street names. In fact, the more odd your passwords are the better. Then add some numbers, symbols or different cases to your password.      Watch out for spam emails  There will no doubt be some of these going around now that Yahoo has announced the news. So be careful of any emails that look like they have come from Yahoo claiming that you&amp;#039;ve had your account hacked. If in doubt don&amp;#039;t click in to it or any links in the email. Security questions Yahoo has said that some security questions, which you have to answer if you forget your password, have also been hacked. So change these too. Go with questions that you haven&amp;#039;t used on other sites, and questions that may not be so obvious to other people.  Keep an eye on your account Look out for any weird emails popping up in your inbox, emails in your sent items that you didn&amp;#039;t send or any other unusual activity. Yahoo released said: &amp;#039;Be cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask for your personal information or refer you to a web page asking for personal information.&amp;#039; Close old Yahoo accounts Even if you have an old Yahoo account you could still have been hacked. If this is the case log back in, delete any old emails which could provide personal details such as addresses or bank details and close down the account. More on Prima.co.uk.... What NOT to do with your boarding pass How to use android pay Get your Prima fix delivered directly to your inbox with our twice-weekly newsletter \u2014 sign up below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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