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Question

Yahoo Account Possibly Hacked

Dec 23, 2014 4:55AM PST

Hi Everybody,

When trying to login into my yahoo account from my laptop I have the following message:

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This server could not prove that it is us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com; its security certificate is from www.yahoo.com.
This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
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Does that mean that my yahoo account has been actually hacked.
Also, can somebody confirm back to me if us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com
Is the correct yahoo mail address.

My yahoo account was hacked a year or 2 ago, but after changing the password everything went back in order.

Tks in advance for your Help

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Answer
most likely not
Dec 23, 2014 5:05AM PST

I get a similar message all the time from yahoo when using an indirect link to my yahoo email account. The address you posted looks and works right but you might want to use mail.yahoo.com. However if you think your account has been hacked again, change your password. Also consider using yahoo two-step verificaiton.

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Thanks and additional question
Jan 3, 2015 9:31AM PST

Tks just changed my password and I no longer have this warning.
However, I sometimes receive up to 20 spam e-mails a day in my yahoo account.
Is that a possible sign of a hacked account.
tks to advise
PS: I'm seriously considering closing my yahoo account once and fore good.

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additionnal Info
Jan 3, 2015 10:10AM PST

Also when I type mail.yahoo.com I get directed to us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com when logging into my account.

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LOL,
Jan 3, 2015 12:27PM PST
I sometimes receive up to 20 spam e-mails a day in my yahoo account.
Is that a possible sign of a hacked account.?


No, that's a sign you are using Yahoo email! LOL!!
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I got this
Jan 3, 2015 12:26PM PST