Yahoo Being Investigated By Feds Over Epic Hacks

It seems that Yahoo is under investigation by the Security & Exchange Comission because of the fact they may not have disclosed the facts behind two epic hacks. Reuters has the details:

Yahoo said in a November 2016 quarterly filing that it was “cooperating with federal, state and foreign” agencies, including the SEC, that were seeking information and documents about a “security incident and related matters.”

The SEC is investigating whether two massive data breaches at Yahoo should have been reported sooner to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

An SEC spokesman declined to comment. A Yahoo spokesman directed Reuters to the company’s November filing.

Seeing as Yahoo has just been bought by Verizon, they may be having buyers remose ase the SEC tends to swing a pretty big hammer when it comes to this sort of thing. It will be interesting to see how painful the SEC makes it for them.

Leave a Reply

Discover more from The IT Nerd

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading