Yahoo's stolen database! has already been sold on the black market, for nothing more and nothing less than 300.000 Dollars. The buyer? Two Internet Spam Giants.
Those responsible for the second massive data theft suffered by Yahoo!, where the accounts of one billion users were affected, saw how well the data was priced on the black market, reaching the figure of 300.000 dollars for which they were sold.
User data has fallen into the hands of two Internet spam giants, plus another buyer involved in cyber espionage.
Among the data sold are full names, Passwords, dates of birth and telephone numbers, as well as security questions and backup emails used to reset lost or forgotten passwords,
In addition. among the stolen accounts are more than 150.000 U.S. government and military employees, so the matter is of particular concern to the American government..