Yahoo has confirmed another case of hacking molesting the personal information of its users, but in this matter, it has affected more than one billion accounts! And now the question that arises is what to do if you have a Yahoo account to guard your data?
5 duties you should do if you have a Yahoo account
Yahoo announces it is notifying users of the accounts that may have been affected in this security violation by email, asking them to change their password, but if you yet have questions about what to do if you have a Yahoo account, here we provide you 5 points:
1.- Update your Yahoo account
If you have not changed your username and password since August 2013 (the time this data theft occurred), you should do so quickly. Also, Yahoo is requesting you to change your security questions and answers as they could also have been compromised.
2.- Change Yahoo passwords or security questions ... in other accounts
Many services are managed through our email accounts. If you used your Yahoo password or the same security questions on other programs or services such as banking services or social media accounts, they could also be compromised. The best approach is that you change them immediately so that Your Yahoo account have not been hacked by hacker. It is an opportunity for you to use different passwords for each service you have, seldom it is a bit difficult to remember them all but it is the best in terms of security.
3.- Use a password manager
And speaking of not being able to remember several passwords, platforms like LastPass or 1Password can create and store passwords and security answers for all the accounts you have. This type of password managers only demands that the user has a master password so you can facilitate your access if it is difficult for you to remember different passwords.
4.- Never believe on any emails that ask for your personal data
Yahoo tells its users to be careful of " any unsolicited communication where they request for your personal information or they send you to a web page requesting for personal information " Not only in this security breach but as a common rule in no email they will require your access data. Also, you should avoid clicking on the links or downloads that you consider unusual or that come from email addresses that you do not know.
5.- Check your bank accounts
No warning is too much. Check the activity in your online banking to detect suspicious activity, because, in addition to your private accounts, hackers could use the personal data of your Yahoo account to try to open a credit card in your name.
The main thing is to have good security modes constantly so that no security violation will put your Yahoo account or any other account that you manage at risk. And in the meantime, we'll wait to see how this issue of Yahoo's insecurity unfolds and how Verizon takes it if it ends up completing the acquisition of the company.
Conclusion
These are the 5 things you must do in Your Yahoo account for security of your yahoo account, but still if you feel any unusuall activity in your mail, then immediately contact yahoo mail help team, they can tell you about your login sessions.
