Yahoo User Accounts Allegedly Compromised Once Again
In the aforementioned email, Yahoo informs its users that “[Yahoo’s] outside forensic experts have been investigating the creation of forged cookies that could allow an intruder to access users’ accounts without a password. Based on the ongoing investigation, [Yahoo believes] a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 or 2016 to access [users’ accounts].” A spokesperson for the company confirmed to ZDNet that the emails are genuine and explained that Yahoo is in the process of notifying all potentially affected account holders....