BT Internet Yahoo Email...

[Technical Ben]

I have come to the conclusion that for a long time my BT Yahoo emails have been hacked. :/ No idea how/why/what but countless times I've had "failed to login" on the my mobile android client and when I try getting email on the PC it says "too many failed attempts"... and so I assume someone tried brute forcing it (or cross site pollination password leaks... it was an OLD email account from when I was still a kid).

But that they have been known to have been hacked/phishing/leaked details in the past, it could be down to that.

[sparky]

I know that I occasionally get emails supposedly from a friend and a family member, that look like they have come from their yahoo account (that they both ditched after the big "hack a while back). Phishing or scam usually.

Annoyingly they address me by my first name and look like they have come from Yahoo, but a check on the source shows otherwise. Usually from Russia.

Worrying isn't it? 

[nowster]

It's been known about for over two years but only admitted as such in the last couple of months. Yahoo was hacked.

I know BT used Yahoo. I think Sky did too.

[DarkStar]

Check your email on this site and it will soon tell you if that email address is circulating

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

I found out on there that one of my old gmail accounts was hacked after the Adobe fiasco a couple of years ago

[Technical Ben]

A thanks for that link... 3 sites I may have used... um... DID use way back when (probably back in college) did get pawned... I think I may have also used the same pass back then. It's a "burner" account anyhow, and seems my personal one was not hacked (off general use sites).

But only because I was able to unlock it from being blocked through login attempts, and finally got the password changed.