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#138471 6-Jan-2014 03:02

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/05/tech/yahoo-malware-attack/index.html?eref=edition

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#961693 6-Jan-2014 03:42

lol

edit: actually that sounded mean. I should be asking if this affected any nz users of the yahoo website, and do we know what kind of malware it was infected with?

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#961832 6-Jan-2014 12:29

I understand you might have posted this in the Telecom forum because of the number of Xtra Mail users, but reality is there are a lot of people using Yahoo! that aren't there because of Telecom's email service.

Posting here instead of Desktop Computing sounded like a stab at Telecom more than actually reporting something happening.

YMMV.

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#961905 6-Jan-2014 14:27

freitasm: I understand you might have posted this in the Telecom forum because of the number of Xtra Mail users, but reality is there are a lot of people using Yahoo! that aren't there because of Telecom's email service.

Posting here instead of Desktop Computing sounded like a stab at Telecom more than actually reporting something happening.

YMMV.

I 100% agree with you there, its not a telecom issue, but this sub forum is for to Yahoo!Xtra issues. I mean its got it in the title so its probably the best subforum to post it in. Do we know if the xtra.co.nz version of the portal was affected?

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#961923 6-Jan-2014 14:32

hmm i didnt think I posted the alert in the wrong section..but it was 3am when I posted it.. telecom use yahoo best to warn people
whats happening even if its not affected nz.accts. or has it ?

since it happened days ago and only now reported it in usa CNN news