Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: Report

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By Reuters | Updated: 27 March 2014 17:01 IST
Yahoo Japan Corp said on May 17, 2013, night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.

The leaked information does not include passwords and data necessary for identity verification to reset passwords, the agency said.

The company detected the access attempt at around 9 pm on May 16, 2013, Kyodo reported.

Yahoo Japan checked its system after severing access and found traces of an attempt to steal user IDs, according to Kyodo.

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Yahoo Inc has a 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan.

© Thomson Reuters 2013

 
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