International Business Times reports Yahoo is reportedly prepared to confirm the legitimacy of the 2012 data breach exposing 200 million customers’ accounts. The report says anonymous sources claim the announcement could lead to government investigations, legal actions, and could affect its deal with Verizon. The 2012 leak included information on usernames, hashed passwords and dates of birth. The hacker, known only as “Peace,” uploaded the data to the underground marketplace called The Real Deal, and was asking for three bitcoins ($1,838) for the data. In a report with Recode, another source said the data breach was “worse, really” than previously estimated.
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