Company formerly known as Yahoo will pay $35 million to settle federal charges over 2014 hack
Personal data was stolen from hundreds of millions of Yahoo users in the December 2014 breach attributed to Russian hackers.
WATCH: Senate Commerce Committee holds hearing on protecting consumers from data breaches
The Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday about ways to protect consumers from major data breaches. Watch live here.
After Equifax breach, Congress unlikely to pass new rules to protect consumer data
Several bills unveiled after Equifax are so far missing a key ingredient for success: Republican co-sponsors.
Yahoo breach indictments may shed light on other hacks
A scheme uncovered during a federal investigation into a huge Yahoo security breach may have opened a window into other hacks potentially instigated by foreign governments, according to computer security experts.
In our news wrap Wednesday, two Russian intelligence officers and two cyber hackers have been charged in a Yahoo data breach that compromised 500 million accounts. Also, the Federal Reserve announced that short-term interest rates are going up again, for…
The Justice Department is expected to announce charges tied to a mega breach of Yahoo user accounts. Federal officials are expected to make a cybercrime announcement Wednesday morning.
Yahoo said an "unauthorized third party" hacked these accounts in August 2013.
In our news wrap Thursday, Tulsa prosecutors charged the policewoman who shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man, with first-degree manslaughter. Also, Yahoo says hackers stole data from 500 million user accounts -- one of the largest online security breaches…
Yahoo stated the stolen information may include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and passwords.
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