For the second time in recent months, Yahoo has been hit by a security breach. Yahoo reveals another giant security breach. Yahoo reveals another giant security breach. Another day, another Yahoo hack. This one dates back to 2013. This particular security breach resulted in the theft of user data from 1 billion Yahoo accounts. Read more . This time, Yahoo announced that hackers stole details of one billion accounts in August 2013.
Security breaches happen in almost every company, but Yahoo seems to have a big problem with security. Coupled with the fact that they've been scanning your emails for the government, we think it's time people stopped using Yahoo.
If you're ready to leave Yahoo, you can easily go to Gmail or another email provider. The Best Free Email Accounts to Consider The Best Free Email Accounts to Consider Everyone knows about Gmail. If you think it's the best free email account out there, you're underestimating all other services. You have options and we have the details. Read More This is what you can do.
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Yahoo doesn't allow you to export all of your data at once, so you'll need to go ahead and save important attachments or forward messages to another account to keep them.
Fortunately, Gmail makes it easy to jump in from Yahoo. Sign in to a Gmail account, then click the gear in the top right and choose Settings . Under the Accounts and Import tab, choose Import mail and contacts . Here, you can sign in with your Yahoo credentials, and have Gmail import your contacts, current email, and all email for the next 30 days.
Now that you've moved your account data, you can delete your Yahoo account. Visit your account deletion page and log in, then confirm that you are about to irreversibly delete your account. Enter your password one last time and say goodbye to Yahoo.
Even if you decide to stay with Yahoo, it's important to change your password right away to keep your account secure.
Are you ready to stop using Yahoo after so many security incidents? Let us know if you jumped over to Gmail in the comments!
