📢 YahooVoices

513.4k total records 259.8k unique accounts

About this breach

In July 2012 Yahoo! Their service of online publications "Voices" was compromised using an attack using SQL-defense. Hacking revealed almost half a million users and their passwords, stored in open form. The violation showed that 59% of people who also had accounts in the Sony leak used their passwords in both services. In 2012, such an analyst was still relatively new.

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📩
Email
259.8k
100% of accounts
🔑
Password
253.6k
97.6% of accounts

Total data points: 513.4k

Unique accounts affected: 259.8k

🔐 What should I do?

  • Change your password immediately if you had an account
  • Enable two-factor authentication where possible
  • Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
  • Be aware of potential phishing attempts

📊 Data Classes

📩 Email 🔑 Password

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/YahooVoices