On Thursday, Yahoo announced that hackers had compromised at least 500 million user accounts in 2014, stealing some number of names, passwords, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and security question answers. That's bad news if you have a Yahoo account, and just because the hack is two years old doesn't mean you should just throw up your hands and keep on keeping on. The first thing to do is immediately change your Yahoo password — pick a good one, and if you're having trouble, Edward Snowden has some pretty good advice.
In fact, "change all your passwords, especially if you use the same passwords for different sites," internet security analyst Hemu Nigam tells CNN. "When you look at your keychain you have a different key for your house, for your locker, for your bank. Treat your online world like you treat your physical world — in other words, a different password for everything that matters in your online world." Gizmodo's William Turton also suggests that whenever possible, turn on two-factor authentication, and be especially wary of strange emails.
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