Internet portal and search firm Yahoo may confirm this week a massive data breach that exposed information about tens of millions of its users, according to the technology news website Recode.
The confirmation would follow a Yahoo investigation into claims that surfaced in early August that a hacker using the name “Peace” was trying to sell the usernames, passwords and dates of birth of Yahoo account users on the dark web — a black market of thousands of secret websites.
A Yahoo representative was not immediately available to comment on the report.
The breach may affect up to 200 million user accounts, Recode reported.
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