Threat assessment and trend analysis
Yahoo Data Breach largest on record
The scale of the 2014 Yahoo data breach has been exposed as Yahoo have confirmed that over 500 million accounts have been compromised. Data leaked includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords and is believed to be the biggest public breach of personal data ever recorded. Yahoo have stated that the attack was “state-sponsored”, although this has been…
Link: Weekly Threat Report 29th September 2016
Source: NCSC Reports
