Massive data breach hit 500 million users, Yahoo confirms

Yahoo has confirmed that a data breach from 2014 hit 500 million users, allowing hackers access to sensitive information, including poorly encrypted passwords. A press release from Yahoo confirms the news, and follows reports earlier today that Yahoo was set to confirm the breach. If true, stealing the user credentials from 500 million users would be one of the largest hacks ever to hit a US company. DON'T MISS:  Yahoo to confirm hackers stole passwords for 200M accounts all the w