Yahoo to pay $35M for failing to disclose massive cyber-security breach
The SEC on Tuesday announced that Altaba—the company formerly known as Yahoo—has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors by failing to disclose one of the largest data breaches in history, in which hackers stole personal data relating to at least 500 million ...
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