Yahoo!Xtra users locked out again
About 1500 Yahoo!Xtra accounts have been caught up in a fresh cyber attack in the last two days and their email accounts have been frozen until they change their passwords.
Earlier there were concerns hackers may have gleaned passwords and log-ons from customers emails but Telecom spokesperson Jo Jalfon said an old warning had gone up on Telecom's website by mistake.
Yahoo! had assured Telecom there was no evidence the hackers had gained access to anything but contact books so they could continue their spam campaign. The new attack showed up as an significant upsurge in the 100 or so accounts Yahoo! tagged as "compromised" on any given day. Affected customers will have to log back in and change their passwords before they can access their accounts.
