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The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are taken offline following a denial-of-service attack, with the hackers also stealing 31 million password hashes in a data breach.
2024-10-10

"The New York Times" reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web.
2024-03-31

The Danish Prosecution Service discontinues legal proceedings against former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and former intelligence chief Lars Findsen over the leakage of classified information due to the inadmissibility of key classified evidence in court.
2023-11-1

Microsoft confirms it has discovered malicious software in its operating systems related to a mass data breach targeting the federal government of the United States.
2020-12-17

Yahoo! reports that all three billion of its accounts were hacked in the August 2013 data theft.
2017-10-3

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

Verizon Communications buys Yahoo! for $4.83 billion in cash, ending the latter's over 20-year run as an independent corporation.
2016-07-25

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

Yahoo! announces plans to axe 600 jobs and phase out services such as Delicious.
2010-12-16