yahoo oath

After confirming a massive cyber attack last December that implicated 1 billion accounts, Yahoo parent company Oath announced today that after further investigation, all 3 billion user accounts that existed in August 2013 were affected by the massive data breach. Oath has said that the stolen data did not include sensitive items such as passwords, payment card, or bank information. Actions currently being taken by Yahoo include sending email notifications to the additional affected user accounts, requiring them to rest their passwords, and invalidating unencrypted security questions and answers, as well as actively working with law enforcement. Verizon has announced a new name for the company that will house Yahoo and AOL once the merger is complete - Oath. In July 2016, Verizon announced that it will acquire Yahoo’s operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash and will be integrated with AOL. pic.twitter.com/tM3Ac1Wi36— Tim Armstrong (@timarmstrongaol) April 3, 2017 According to NY Times, the Oath brand will apply to the digital media division of Verizon once it has completed the acquisition of Yahoo's internet assets by end of June. However, legacy brands like Yahoo, AOL, and The Huffington Post will continue to operate using their own names but under the new Oath umbrella. Read more in our articles including "Yahoo confirms 2013 hack affected every single account" and "Verizon to put AOL and Yahoo under a new name - Oath".