DomainTools – How to Request a New Password When Account is Inactive

From here:

How to recover your Hacked Yahoo! Account:

“To be able to reset your hacked yahoo password just send a mail to Yahoo Security Department – account-security-help@cc.yahoo-inc.com. always remember to be polite in contacting them, tell the whole story, don’t blame them for your hacked account, tell them when is the last time you access your account, supply them the password that you last used to accessed your account, give them all the information you entered when you register your account or just the information when you last update your account.”

Ok.

What happens? Well, depending on the path you follow, different things.

For example, you can be asked to fill out a form that asks you questions regarding information relating to your account, as is described in this article. Then, as that article says, someone at Facebook reviews the information and checks it against what they already have.

Once you report the account as compromised, it is locked down. Meaning only the people at Facebook can access it. Then, you must provide enough information to prove it was yours. Then, you get access to the account to fix/change back any information that was changed (like the email address the password would get sent to, etc.)