Y
Y
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
453K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
2
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2012
Yahoo

Breach History

Yahoo
Jul 2012Critical
453.4K
Records exposed
2
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

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.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesPasswords
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk