Reuters: Technology News: Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: Kyodo May 17th 2013, 18:23 Tweet Share this Email Print Analysis & Opinion The radical force of 'Abenomics' Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration A website of Yahoo Japan Corp is seen on a computer screen in Tokyo August 19, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Stringer Fri May 17, 2013 2:23pm EDT (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported. The leaked information does not include passwords and data necessary for identity verification to reset passwords, the agency said. The company detected the access attempt at around 9 pm on Thursday, Kyodo reported. Yahoo Japan checked its system after severing access and found traces of an attempt to steal user IDs, according to Kyodo. Yahoo Inc has a 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan. (Reporting by Neha Alawadhi in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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