Yahoo! Voice is a Voice over IP PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service, provided by Yahoo! via its Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging application. Yahoo! Voice uses the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), GIPS codec and the Dialpad engine for voice transport. Since 2008 the service has been provided by JAJAH, an outsourced VoIP provider.During July 2012, Yahoo voice has been compromised and 4,53,491 email address and their passwords were hacked. This major devastation was achieved via SQL injection. A 17 MB text file containing the stolen passwords was released by a group of hackers called D33DS company. In relation with this issue, Yahoo advised users to change their passwords as soon as possible. In Yahoo! Messenger Blog, they anounced the end of Yahoo! Voice on January 30th 2013. Current users were sent an email on the documentation necessary to email Yahoo! in order to get a refund. However, even when this information was submitted, refunds were not forthcoming and Yahoo! (JaJah) wouldn't provide information on which of the questions were incorrect and so denied the refund. Here are the questions.
1. Please confirm the Yahoo! Account Holder Name. --- 2. Please confirm the Cardholder name for the credit card currently used on your voice account. --- 4. Please confirm the last 4 digits of the credit card currently used on your voice account. --- 5. Please confirm the country you are calling from. --- 6. Please confirm your Billing Phone ---
Read more about Yahoo! Voice: Yahoo! Phone Out, Yahoo! Phone In, Unsupported Functionality
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