"hackers"

[David]

On 4/30/2013 3:23 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 04/30/2013 12:11 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
>> The line "I've been hacked" sounds like the author either doesn't know
>> how to speak or ought to get out of computers because said person
>> doesn't know how to code.
> 
> Language changes.  Either keep up, or find yourself unable to
> communicate.  Insisting that the term "hacker" means what it did thirty
> years ago, and nothing else, is going to have about as much effect as
> King Canute's attempts to hold back the tide.


You guys should pass this information around since it appears that the
rest of The Internet disagrees with you.  :-)

<http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/03/06/despite-its-efforts-to-fix-vulnerabilities-yahoos-mail-users-continue-reporting-hacking-incidents/>

<http://www.channel4.com/news/yahoos-email-system-hacked-by-criminal-spammers>

<https://www.google.com/search?q=yahoo+mail+hacked&client=firefox-nightly&hs=DoH&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=jh2AUeKiJYy29gTxgIHwDA&ved=0CFsQqAI&biw=799&bih=449>

<http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/04/30/yahoo-mail-hacked-again-serious-questions-raised-about-its-ability-to-protect-users/>

<http://www.fastcompany.com/3006724/creative-conversations/why-cant-persistent-hacking-yahoo-mail-be-stopped>

<http://www.neowin.net/news/yahoo-mail-accounts-continue-to-be-hacked-despite-fixes>

And last, from me but not the last 'hit', but not least - from Yahoo Help

<http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_ACCT&page=answers&type=narrow&fac=CMS-CATEGORY-YAHOO-PROD.PROD_ACCT&question_box=account+has+been+hacked&searchid=1366357280524>

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  David