Sensitive Data from Massive Yahoo Account Breach Being Sold on ���Dark Web���

If you have had an account at Yahoo, it���s possible that your sensitive information is being trafficked on the so-called dark web, that ���shadow��� part of the web accessible only to those with special software, and heavily populated by pedophiles, drug rings, and nefarious characters of all shapes and sizes.

Yahoo revealed recently that a hack took place against user accounts in 2013 of such a size that it���s now considered the largest single data breach in history. It turns out that one billion - that���s ���billion,��� with a ���b��� ��� Yahoo accounts were compromised by hackers who managed to grab sensitive information like phone numbers, passwords, and security questions.

As you might imagine, with over a billion accounts hacked, information from all sorts of individuals was captured in the breach. According to cybersecurity firm InfoArmor, these include people who work at agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency, and even the White House.

Andrew Komarov, the chief intelligence officer at InfoArmor, says that a semi-organized group of hackers was found by his company to have been selling the information on the dark web. So far, according to Komarov, three buyers, including one oriented in espionage, have each paid $300,000 for a complete copy of the database.

Yahoo has reportedly told CNNMoney that they cannot yet verify the claims about the sale of customer account information on the dark web, but that they are looking into them. Check out How To Legally Disappear, And The Patriot Privacy Kit - Click Here.

 By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large