Sources: PA
Yahoo! reports that all three billion of its accounts were hacked in the August 2013 data theft. 2017-10-3
Yahoo! shareholders officially approve its $4.48 billion sale to Verizon Wireless. Yahoo! stock was up 8.5 percent shortly thereafter. 2017-06-8
Yahoo! announces that ID information about more than 1 billion accounts may have been hacked in August 2013. This is separate from the company's earlier disclosure of a data breach of 500,000 accounts in 2014. 2016-12-14
Yahoo! discloses a data breach that compromised the details of 500 million users. 2016-09-22
Bloomberg News reports Verizon Communications plans a bid for Yahoo Inc.'s Web business, including Yahoo Japan Corp., next week. Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG are considering bidding for Yahoo's core business. AT&T Inc., Comcast, and Microsoft Corp. reportedly aren't interested. 2016-04-7
Yahoo Inc. says that it has created a committee of independent directors that will explore strategic alternatives, notably the sale of its core internet business. 2016-02-19
Wang Xiaoning, a Chinese dissident who was detained in 2002 with information provided by Yahoo!, is released. 2012-08-31
Associated Press reports that Yahoo! and Facebook have resolved a patent dispute. 2012-07-6
Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns as chief executive officer. [http:--www.mercurynews.com-breaking-news-ci_19760292 "(San Jose Mercury News)"]2012-01-17