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Yahoo could have reset all user passwords two years ago, but chose not to

The New York Times has published a story quoting unnamed Yahoo insiders about the firms security priorities. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer clashed with Yahoo CISO Alex Stamos, who left to become Facebook security chief in mid-2015, in a move widely applauded by the infosec community. Employees say the Paranoids have been routinely hired away by competitors like Apple, Facebook and Google. The only silver lining was that Yahoo finally decided to switch on HTTPS by default in January 2014, although it was shockingly late to that particular party.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/yahoo-reset-user-passwords-years-ago-chose/

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