It would be the final blow to Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) if in the massive breach one of the email accounts hacked belonged to CEO Marissa Mayer. The New York Post is reporting that this may have happened:
Data security experts on Thursday said the giant hack at Yahoo may have left CEO Marissa Mayer’s e-mail vulnerable, The Post has learned.
Yahoo brass and rank-and-file all use the Yahoo email service, possibly leaving everyone open to the kind of problems that Sony experienced back in 2014, sources said.
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The reporters also described the size of the costs Yahoo faces because of the hack, particularly related to the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) buyout:
Verizon is setting aside a reserve for liabilities connected to the data theft, sources said.
A senior industry source suggested that figure could be as much as $1 billion — or $2 per user account. At the same time, others have suggested a reserve closer to 25 cents per user account was more in line with the threat.
There has been speculation that Verizon will try to walk away from the deal altogether.
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