Omnye weyona minyaka imbi kwimbali yeYahoo ibingu-2016, unyaka apho Lonke uhlaselo olufunyenwe ngabancedisi benkampani lufunyenwe kwaye lubeke ngaphezulu kwe-1.500 yeebhiliyoni zeeakhawunti emngciphekweni. Akukho nkonzo ye-intanethi engenakuchaphazeleka, kodwa yintoni eye yalimaza abasebenzisi kakhulu kukuba igcine le mfihlo yolwazi ixesha elide, ekubeni uhlaselo lokuqala lwenziwa ngo-2012 kunye nolwesibini ngo-2014. Kodwa kwakhona, enye Enye yeengxaki apho I-Yahoo izenzele igama elibi inento yokwenza nenkqubo eyenziwe ziinjineli zayo ukuze i-NSA ikwazi ukufikelela kuzo zonke ii-akhawunti ze-imeyile ze-Yahoo.
Embindini wonyaka ophelileyo, i-Yahoo yafikelela kwisivumelwano kunye ne-Verizon sokuba le nkampani ithathe indawo eninzi yenkampani ngokutshintshiselana ne-4.830 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Kodwa njengoko iinyanga zazihamba kwaye ububi bukaYahoo bubhencwa, I-Verizon yaqala ukucinga kwakhona ngesigqibo sokuyithenga, ecela ukuncitshiswa okuphawulekayo kwexabiso lokugqibela ekwakufuneka alihlawule. Emva kweengxoxo ezininzi, kubonakala ngathi i-Yahoo yehlise ixabiso lesivumelwano nge-350 yezigidi zeedola, isixa esimele i-5% yemali epheleleyo yokusebenza.
Ngale ndlela, ixabiso lokugqibela eliza kuhlawula iVerizon liya kuba yi-4.480 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Isivumelwano sokuthenga siya kuvalwa kwikota yesibini ka-2017 kwaye ayibandakanyi izabelo zikaYahoo kwi Alibaba okanye ishishini likaYahoo eJapan, ekubonakala ukuba yenye yezona zinto zinengeniso kwinkampani. Into ekuya kufuneka ithathele ingqalelo iya kuba ngamatyala eentlawulo kunye nezohlwayo ezinokufunyanwa yinkampani xa kuqhutywa uphando lokufumanisa isizathu sokuba olu hlaselo lufihliwe ixesha elide lugqityiwe.