Sources: PA
Indonesia restricts access to eight websites, including PayPal, Yahoo! and Steam, for failing to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Online services registered with the ministry are required to comply with disclosure and content removal requests. 2022-07-30
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
Verizon Communications agrees to buy the core business at Yahoo Inc. for $4.48 billion. Completion of this July 2016 deal had been delayed because of two data breaches Yahoo disclosed last year. 2017-02-21
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
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
Yahoo! announces plans to axe 600 jobs and phase out services such as Delicious. 2010-12-16