AOL said it is investigating a large scale breach of AOL Mail in which a significant number of accounts were compromised. User information including encrypted passwords, encrypted answers to security questions, postal addresses, and address book contacts were compromised, the company said in a blog post. AOL advised users of any of its services to change their passwords and security questions as a precautionary measure. No financial information has been stolen and there is no indication that the encryption on passwords or security questions was broken.”]