Yahoo's Woes Multiply As Ireland's DPC Expedites Hack Probe
Zacks Investment Research | Nov 28, 2016 08:56PM ET
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is reportedly conducting an accelerated examination of the massive 2014 hacking incident at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) that caused theft of user information from 500 million accounts.
Yahoo publicly admitted the incident in Sep 2016 and has faced U.S. politicians’ ire for being so late in admitting the breach.
The Data Protection Commissioner also stated that it awaits information from Yahoo on allegations that it assisted U.S. authorities to scan some email accounts. The examination is aimed at ascertaining if Yahoo’s support to the email surveillance was in violation of European law.
Reuters had reported last month that Yahoo developed a custom software program to scan all of its users’ incoming emails for particular information demanded by the FBI. The news had fueled widespread privacy concern.
The spokeswoman of DPC, MB Donnelly confirmed the change from preliminary enquiry to active investigation in case of the hacking incident. As far as the email surveillance incident is concerned, she stated that DPC is continuing with preliminary assessment of the case.
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