Yahoo is investigating a claim about a security breach in which three of its user accounts have been hacked and sold on the dark web. According to this claim the hacker has been selling user data from Yahoo for $1,860 or 200 million Bitcoins on the dark web. This hacker, the notorious internet criminal peace_of_mind, was behind the recent sale of stolen data belonging to LinkedIn and MySpace and has a long successful selling history, which computer security experts say makes the claim regarding Yahoo believable.
Yahoo is investigating a claim about a security breach in which 200 million of its user accounts have been hacked and sold on the dark web. According to this claim the hacker has been selling user data from Yahoo for $1,860 or three Bitcoins on the dark web. This hacker, the notorious internet criminal peace_of_mind, was behind the recent sale of stolen data belonging to LinkedIn and MySpace and has a long successful selling history, which computer security experts say makes the claim regarding Yahoo believable.