by Nathaniel Popper | Aug 30, 2017 | Business, Technology
New York- Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal. In a growing number of online attacks, hackers have been calling up Verizon, T-Mobile US, Sprint and AT&T...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 23, 2016 | Technology, World
Yahoo Inc. said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it described as a state-sponsored actor. The attack on Yahoo was more than triple other large attacks on sites such as eBay Inc. Cyber thieves may have stolen names,...
by VINDU GOEL and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED | Jul 29, 2016 | Business
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract a billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday’s great idea, and Yahoo has now reached the end of the line...
