Yahoo examines claims that 200 million email credentials have been compromised

Dave Neal
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Got a Ymail account? Hacker 'Peace' claims to have 200 million Yahoo logins and passwords

Yahoo, the web portal that was last week sold to US telecoms company Verizon, says that it is investigating claims that a hacker has offered for sale the logins and passwords of 200 million user ac...

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