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Yahoo Announces Hack Of 1 Billion Accounts: Time To Change Your Password

Yahoo has been hacked again, and you should probably change your password. The company announced Wednesday that more than 1 billion user accounts had data stolen from them in August 2013 that included names, email addresses, telephone number, dates of birth, hashed passwords and security questions. >>> Read more.

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2017 Income Tax Season: Delayed Refunds, Different Deadline, and More

Taxpayers have an extra weekend to buckle down, compile and submit their tax returns in 2017, and new scrutiny of two tax credits means that refunds will be delayed until late February for taxpayers who claim the credits. Those are two big changes the Internal Revenue Service is alerting people to as it gets ready for the nation’s tax season, which will begin Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 . >>> Read more.

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