Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

1 – Yahoo YHOO -3.06% confirms that 500 million accounts were hacked back in 2014.

From Forbes: Bob Lord, chief information security officer at Yahoo, has stated that the data breach includes “names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.”

Why this is important for your business:

Did I forget to mention another report this week that found that malware is downloaded every 81 seconds in an enterprise organization? If your business uses Yahoo, then change your passwords and security questions. And make sure that network security is part of your IT budget every year, please. This problem is getting worse, not better.
2 – Payment service Stripe has unveiled a way for businesses to instantly pay their workers.

From WIRED: The new streamlined service is particularly geared to gig-economy businesses, such as Lyft. The service can also streamline other online marketplaces, including e-commerce websites like Shopify, and large crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo, GoFundMe and Kickstarter.

[Source:-Forbes]