Yahoo has been hit by another hacker attack. More than 1 billion user accounts have been compromised. This is significantly more than the previous attack announced in September 2016, which affected 500 million users. Yahoo was actually hacked as early as 2013, but the company only began investigating the data theft after receiving information from law enforcement in November 2016.
Yahoo's head of security, Bob Lord, stated that the company has not yet been able to determine how the 1 billion data points were stolen. "We have not yet identified the intrusion related to this theft," according to the hacking announcement as reported on techcrunch.com.
Up to September 2016 (within a 12-month period), Yahoo recorded revenue of US$4.97 billion (approximately Rp 66.15 trillion at an exchange rate of Rp 13,300 per US dollar). During the same period, Yahoo reported a loss of US$4.8 billion (approximately Rp 63.99 trillion). In July 2016, Verizon agreed to purchase Yahoo for US$4.8 billion. This latest hacking incident has led to speculation that Verizon will request a US$1 billion discount.
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