
ICO fines Yahoo £250,000 over breach of 500,000 UK users’ data
http://tech.newstatesman.com/security/yahoo-fined-250000-breach-involving-500000-uk-users-data
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Yahoo’s UK division £250,000 following an investigation into the theft of more than 500,000 UK users’ data in 2014.
Around the world, a total of 500 million users’ data was compromised during the attack. It was followed by second, larger breach potentially affecting all three billion of the firms’ accounts.