{"id":9651,"date":"2017-11-29T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evolvemga.com\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2021-02-23T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:12:40","slug":"yahoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evolvemga.com\/yahoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]In 2014, Yahoo! 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victims and a fine up to $2,250,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evolvemga.com\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> to learn more about how we can protect your business from future cyber attacks! #EvolveMGA<\/p>\n<p>To read more about this article, click <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2017\/11\/yahoo-email-hacker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#insurance #cyberinsurance #smallbusiness #retailbroker #cybercrime #cybersecurity #databreach<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]In 2014, Yahoo! 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