Sep, 2016 : Yahoo Attacks Create Questions About Verizon Deal
📅 - The largest data breach in history happened on Thursday when over 500 million user accounts on Yahoo were compromised. The company has been on a steady decline for the last decade, recently selling to Verizon for $4.8 billion. Sources say the deal is creating questions about the Verizon deal and whether it will be beneficial in the long run.
“The dark cloud this casts will be very long and will likely impact the merger agreement. We'll just have to wait and see what happens next.” – Jeff Kagan, Georgia-based telecommunications industry analyst
Verizon said it only learned of the attacks “within the last two days.”
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