Yahoo Data Breach August 2013
Prevented by: HSF, PEC, EGR
In August 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the largest data breaches in history, compromising the account information of approximately 3 billion users. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, telephone numbers, hashed passwords using MD5, and both encrypted and unencrypted security questions and answers. The attack was attributed to state-sponsored actors from Russian intelligence, highlighting a significant cyber-espionage operation.