WEEK 31: CYBER ATTACK ACTIVITY by Su

What is hacking?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:30:45 UTC

Hacking is a method of virtual attack through which someone can gain unothaurized access to data in our devices.

Type of hacking:

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:36:25 UTC

It has 3 types of hacking, which is:

Ethical hacking a.k.a white hat hacking: Positive
Malicious hacking a.k.a black hat hacking: Negative
Script kiddie hacking: Negative

1. Which company/ people were hacked?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:39:30 UTC

Yahoo was the victim of this case of situation.

2. When did the attack happen?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:42:35 UTC

2013 and 2014

6) Yahoo Hacks

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:45:51 UTC

3. What type of cyberattack was used?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:49:17 UTC

Malicious hacking

4. What was damaged or stolen by the attack?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:52:02 UTC

In the Yahoo data breaches, hackers stole names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, encrypted passwords, and in some cases, unencrypted security questions and answers, affecting potentially all 3 billion Yahoo accounts.

5. What did the people/ company say about the attack?

anh045835 — 2025-03-20 03:52:52 UTC

While the impact of this attack on billions of end users is difficult to measure, security researchers did note that it opened the door to concerning cyber-espionage cases for targeted attacks against high-ranking U.S.

6. What happened to the hackers

anh045835 — 2025-03-27 03:36:00 UTC

5 YEARS IN JAIL

7. What changes did the people/company make to protect themselves?

anh045835 — 2025-03-27 03:39:12 UTC

They changes to other secure password and implementing measures for future breach