WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Every one of Yahoo's three billion accounts was robbed of personal data by hackers, far exceeding the one billion originally notified that their information had been compromised, Yahoo parent company Oath/Verizon said in a press release.
"Subsequent to Yahoo's acquisition by Verizon, and during integration, the company recently obtained new intelligence and now believes, following an investigation with the assistance of outside forensic experts, that all Yahoo user accounts were affected by the August 2013 theft," the release stated on Tuesday.
"Verizon is committed to the highest standards of accountability and transparency, and we proactively work to ensure the safety and security of our users and networks in an evolving landscape of online threats," Verizon Chief Information Security Officer Chandra McMahon said in the release.
The release explained that Yahoo is sending email notifications to the additional two billion affected users.
Earlier this year, it was reported that 14 million Verizon customers had their data exposed after a third-party Israeli technology company stored user information on an insecure Amazon S3 server.
