Yahoo Confirms 400,000 Accounts Hacked

Summary:A previously unknown group of hackers has posted online 453,000 unencrypted Yahoo user IDs and passwords. D33DS Company has said the move was intended as a "wake-up call and not as a threat."

Yesterday the hacker group D33ds Company claimed responsibility for attacking a Yahoo service via a union-based SQL injection and exposing 453,492 plain text login credentials.