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Yahoo Expected to Confirm Data Breach of Several Hundred Million s: Report

Yahoo Expected to Confirm Data Breach of Several Hundred Million s: Report 5ph2m

By Sanket Vijayasarathy | Updated: 22 September 2016 18:24 IST

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Several hundred million Yahoo s have been exposed
A hacker named Peace put up for sale 200 million stolen s
Data included names, decrypted s, personal information

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Yahoo is reportedly expected to confirm a massive data breach of its services with an official statement. 506x1j

According to sources close to the situation cited by Recode, several hundred million Yahoo s have been exposed.

It was earlier Yahoo credentials. Yahoo had then said it was investigating the situation.

The hacker had listed an advert on the TheRealDeal marketplace claiming that about 200 million Yahoo s are up for sale for three Bitcoins (roughly Rs. 1,07,000). The data included names, decrypted s, personal information of s and other email addresses.

The confirmation of the hack comes right near the completion of Verizon's step down after the sale closes early next year.

Yahoo's confirmation of the hack is likely to be the final nail on the coffin for the once-popular Internet company. It is still unknown as to how this will affect the deal with Verizon.

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