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Yahoo has moved into its new office in the EXO building in The Dublin Docklands

Yahoo opens new office at EXO in Dublin Docklands

Yahoo has officially opened its new Dublin office in the EXO building in The Dublin Docklands.

Yahoo has become the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace

Yahoo, Fortnite exit China as tech crackdown bites

US internet services company Yahoo said today it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace.

Business • 02 Nov 21

Verizon has struggled to make headway in a highly competitive internet advertising space dominated by Facebook and Google

Verizon to offload Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion

Verizon Communications is getting rid of its media businesses that include iconic brands Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion, ending an expensive and unsuccessful run in the media and advertising world.

Business • 04 May 21

The DPC issued no fines or sanctions against Yahoo following the 2016 data breach

DPC issues final report on 2016 Yahoo! data breach

The Data Protection Commission has found that Yahoo EMEA's oversight of how Yahoo in the United States dealt with data belonging to EU citizens did not meet the standard required by EU law.

technology • 08 Jun 18

More than half the complaints were about denied access to records

Complaints to Data Commissioner up 79% in 2017

The number of complaints made to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) rose by 79% last year.

Ireland • 27 Feb 18

The statement said that the estimate is based on 'new intelligence'

Yahoo hacking affected all 3 billion accounts

A 2013 hack affected all three billion accounts at Yahoo, the online giant's parent company said following a new analysis of the incident.

Yahoo hacking • 04 Oct 17

Yahoo's Dublin-based Europe, Middle East and Africa unit is said to have refused to give the BSI any information and referred all questions to the Data Protection Commission

Yahoo's Irish office refuses to cooperate with Germany

Germany's federal cyber agency has said Yahoo's Irish office refused to cooperate with its investigation into a series of hacks that compromised more than one billion of the US company's email users between 2013 and 2016.

Business • 11 May 17

Yahoo's chief executive Marissa Mayer will not get her cash bonus for 2016, the company has said

32 million Yahoo accounts accessed with forged cookies

Yahoo, which disclosed two massive data breaches last year, said last night that about 32 million user accounts were accessed by intruders in the last two years using forged cookies.

Business • 02 Mar 17

The deal will combine Yahoo's search, email and messenger assets as well as advertising technology tools with Verizon's AOL unit

Verizon, Yahoo agree to lowered $4.48 bln deal

Verizon Communications, the No 1 US wireless carrier, said it has agreed to buy the core internet business of Yahoo for $4.48 billion (€42.25 billion), about $350m (€332m) less than the original price.

Business • 21 Feb 17

Yahoo has a deal to sell its core internet business to Verizon for $4.83 billion

Yahoo to be named Altaba, Mayer to leave board

Yahoo has said that it would rename itself Altaba and chief executive Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications.

Business • 10 Jan 17

Yahoo made the new discovery as it was investigating what was already the largest data breach of a single company

Data Protection Commissioner examining Yahoo hack

The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has said it is 'urgently examining the facts' surrounding Yahoo's latest data breach in which the data of more than a billion user accounts was compromised.

Business • 15 Dec 16

The company believes the incident is separate from a previously disclosed breach affecting 500 million users.

Yahoo says up to 1bn users may be affected by hack

Yahoo has said more than a billion users may have had data stolen in a hack dating back to 2013.

yahoo • 14 Dec 16

Investigators are trying to figure out how much people at Yahoo knew about the hack in late 2014

Yahoo reveals more details about massive hack

Yahoo has provided more details about an epic hack of its services, including that the culprits may have planted software "cookies" for ongoing access to users' accounts.

Business • 10 Nov 16

Quarterly revenues from Yahoo's Mavens unit rose 24.2%to $524m

Yahoo's profit beats Wall St expectations

Yahoo has reported better than expected quarterly adjusted profit, a boost for the beleaguered company whose deal to sell its core business to Verizon Communications has been shaken by a massive data breach.

Business • 19 Oct 16

Yahoo's European headquarters is based in Dublin

Yahoo email scanning puts EU-US data deal in doubt

Yahoo's decision to scan clients' email accounts at the behest of US authorities has prompted questions in Europe as to whether EU citizens' data had been compromised, and could help derail a new trans-Atlantic data sharing deal.

News • 05 Oct 16

The company reportedly complied with a classified US government demand

Yahoo 'secretly searched' emails for US

Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by US intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.

News • 05 Oct 16

A US government source has said there was no hard evidence yet on whether the Yahoo hack was state-sponsored

Cyber firm challenges Yahoo hack claim

A cyber security company has asserted that the hack of 500 million account credentials from Yahoo was the work of an Eastern European criminal gang.

Business • 29 Sep 16

The revelation poses a fresh round of challenges for a business that is already struggling

Yahoo hack raises many questions

Could life become any more uncomfortable for web company, Yahoo? RTÉ's Will Goodbody says last night's revelation raises more questions than answers.

analysis and comment • 26 Sep 16

Yahoo last night officially acknowledged the breach

Data commissioner seeks answers from Yahoo

The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has asked internet firm Yahoo for further information and clarification about a data breach at the company in 2014.

News • 23 Sep 16

Yahoo said it was working with law enforcement on the matter

500m Yahoo accounts subject to 2014 hacking

Yahoo Inc has said information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by what it believed was a "state-sponsored actor."

News • 22 Sep 16

The deal ends months of uncertainty about Yahoo's future

Verizon buys Yahoo's web business for €4.4 billion

Verizon has said it will buy Yahoo’s core internet business for $4.83 billion (€4.4 billion) in cash to expand its digital advertising and media business, ending a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer.

Business • 25 Jul 16

Yahoo has announced a $482m write-down on the value of Tumblr

Yahoo reports weak results as sale looms

Yahoo's quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations last night in what may be the company's last financial report before it sells its core business.

Business • 19 Jul 16

Yahoo's revenue fell 11.3% to $1.09 billion in the first quarter, the first decline after four quarters of growth in a row

Yahoo Q1 results edge past estimates

Yahoo's first-quarter results just beat Wall Street estimates last night in what was taken as a good sign for the web pioneer's plan to auction its core business.

Business • 20 Apr 16

Bids for internet giant Yahoo are due on April 18

Daily Mail parent in talks on Yahoo bid

The UK's Daily Mail is in talks with potential partners to mount a joint bid for Yahoo's internet assets.

Business • 11 Apr 16

ahoo officially launched the sale of its core business, which includes search, mail and news sites, last week

Time Inc considering buying Yahoo's core business

Time Inc, the publisher of People and Time magazine and Sports Illustrated, is considering a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo, Bloomberg has reported.

Business • 23 Feb 16