Thursday, September 22, 2016

Yahoo! is essentially a Senior in highschool.

     Yep. Yahoo has lost all care. Nearly 500 million Yahoo accounts have been hacked and Yahoo has been freakishly sluggish in getting to the bottom of this. The hack occurred back in 2014 but was confirmed this past August after about 200 million usernames, dates of birth, and jumbled passwords were sold by a hacker of the name "Peace". Even after the report was confirmed, it was this past Thursday that Yahoo made any sort of comment about changing passwords for any safety whatsoever. Was someone just on vacation or something? In 48 states, if there is a breach of someone's account, the company has to inform their users pretty quick so they can change their passwords, but these laws have been bipassed because Yahoo has only described the hack to have happened "late 2014". This sort of ambiguity is how teenagers lie to their parents. (i.e, "I got home 'around curfew'.") 

Can you hear me now? This is what Yahoo is hearing from Verizon. Yahoo was recently beginning the process of being bought by Verizon which would totally explain the sluggishness. While there is no official reason, the longer the delay, the more paychecks everyone gets. This predicament with the hacker shall postpone this sale so that the Yahoo executives may use up the last of their paid vacation and finish up the 18th round of golf. 





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