Yahoo says the US SEC is probing it over previously disclosed cyber attack
New York — The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a previously disclosed data breach at Yahoo, the company said in a filing. Yahoo said in a November 2016 quarterly filing that it was "co-operating with federal, state and foreign" agencies, including the SEC, that were seeking information and documents about a "security incident and related matters". The SEC was investigating whether two massive data breaches at Yahoo should have been reported sooner to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. An SEC spokesperson declined to comment. A Yahoo spokesperson directed Reuters to the company’s November filing. Yahoo has faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a 2014 cyber attack it announced in September that exposed the e-mail credentials of half a billion accounts. In December, Yahoo said it had uncovered yet another huge cyber attack, saying data from more than 1-billion user accounts were ...
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