Extract from Jonathan Zhang’s article “Yahoo! Data Breach Settlement: What Can We Expect From Cybercriminals?”
Yahoo! suffered a series of data breach attacks between 2012 and 2016, which exposed a total of 3 billion user accounts and resulted in a considerable settlement cost of US$117.5 million for the company. The users’ first and last names, email addresses, security questions and answers, passwords, and dates of birth comprised the stolen information, which put all those affected at further risk of cyber attacks, fraud, and identity theft.
