Like changing old passwords, do you? Then today is your lucky day. AOL says that a “significant number” of its email accounts have been compromised and the attackers sent spoofed email messages. The company says its unlikely that the encryption used to protect passwords was broken, but it’s probably a good idea to change them anyway. Its investigation is ongoing.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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