NgoSepthemba owedlule, i-Yahoo yaqinisekisa amahemuhemu okuthi emasontweni angaphambi kokuba ilungiselele kwi-intanethi nokuthi ihlobene nokuhlaselwa okusolwa ngokuthi kubaduni okwabeka engcupheni idatha yezigidi zabasebenzisi. Le nkampani ikuqinisekisile ukuthi yahlaselwa yi-hacker ngo-2014 futhi lokho bekuthinte okungenani ama-akhawunti ayizigidi ezingama-500Ngokusho kwenkampani, ithole amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi kokwenza isimemezelo esisemthethweni, kodwa bekungeyona neze. Ngokusho kophenyo olwenziwa yiSecurities Market Commission, le nkampani yayazi kahle ngokuhlaselwa eyake yakuthola eminyakeni emibili eyedlule.
I-Yahoo ifihle ukuhlaselwa kwamaseva ayo kubasebenzisi nalapho kubaduni babekwazi ukuthola amakheli e-imeyili, izinombolo zocingo, izinsuku zokuzalwa, izikhumbuzo zephasiwedi, imibuzo yezokuphepha (kufaka phakathi izimpendulo) ... Amahemuhemu okuqala ashicilelwa ngoSepthemba walo nyaka, avele obala ngokugqekeza ngubani ibizama ukuthengisa lonke lolo lwazi nge-Deep Web, ngemali engaphezudlwana kwama- $ 2.000, imali okusobala ukuthi akekho noyedwa owayezimisele ukukhokhela idatha eyayebiwe eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Lo mcimbi, kanye nesoftware eyenziwe yinkampani ukuze Izinhlangano zokuphepha zikazwelonke zaseMelika zingafinyelela kunoma iyiphi i-akhawunti ye-imeyili kube yizimbangela ezanele zokuthi iVerizon icabange ukukhansela isivumelwano sokuthenga se-Yahoo, isivumelwano sokuthi isivaliwe ngoJuni odlule ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.800, selokhu idumela likaYahoo, njengenkampani nanjengomhlinzeki wesevisi i-inthanethi kushiya kungathandeki. Izindaba zakamuva ezihlobene nale nqubo, ziqinisekisa ukuthi iVerizon icela ukwehliswa kwezigidi eziyinkulungwane entengweni yokugcina okuvunyelwene ngayo, yize okwamanje kungekho okuqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni.