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Yahoo admits some staff knew of 2014 hack
As Yahoo attempts to piece together how a hacker accessed 500 million user accounts back in 2014, the company has now admitted that some employees knew of a security breach when it happened. In a filing with the SEC, Yahoo said that while it only disclosed news of the attack in August, a "state-sponsored actor" had accessed its network two years ago but it didn't quite know the extent of the damage at the time.
Yahoo alerts victims of state-sponsored cyberattacks
Yahoo is the latest tech company pledging to warn users if it appears they've been targeted in state-sponsored cyberattacks, Chief Information Security Officer Bob Lord announced today. Google, Facebook and Twitter rolled out similar alert systems earlier this year. Yahoo doesn't disclose how it determines if an attack is state-sponsored, but promises that it will only send alerts to users when it has "a high degree of confidence."
Twitter warns users targeted by state-sponsored attacks
Facebook and Google already warn you if they think you're the victim of a state-sponsored cyberattack, and now Twitter is joining the fray. The social network recently alerted some users that that they "may have been targeted" by government attackers trying to get email addresses, network connections and phone numbers. Twitter doesn't think the intruders got any account info, but it's offering suggestions (including using Tor) to anyone worried their personal info is out in the wild.
Facebook will warn you if you're subject to government 'attacks'
Imagine logging into Facebook to find a message telling you that your profile may have been targeted in a suspected state-sponsored attack. It's now a possibility, after the social network announced that it'll display a new notification if someone who is suspected of "working on behalf of a nation-state" has attempted to snoop on or take over your account.
