Omunye weminyaka emibi kakhulu emlandweni we-Yahoo kube yi-2016, unyaka lapho kutholakele konke ukuhlaselwa okutholwe amaseva enkampani futhi okufake ama-akhawunti angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.500 engcupheni. Ayikho insizakalo ye-intanethi engenakulinganiswa, kepha okuhlukumeze kakhulu abasebenzisi ukuthi kube ukuthi igcine lolu lwazi luyimfihlo isikhathi eside, kusukela ukuhlaselwa kokuqala kwenziwa ngonyaka we-2012 kwathi okwesibili ngo-2014. Kepha futhi, enye yezinkinga i-Yahoo eyenze Uthole igama elibi maqondana nohlelo olwenziwe onjiniyela babo ukuze i-NSA ikwazi ukufinyelela kuwo wonke ama-akhawunti ezinsizakalo ze-imeyili ze-Yahoo.
Maphakathi nonyaka odlule, i-Yahoo yafinyelela esivumelwaneni neVerizon sokuthi le nkampani ithathe iningi lenkampani ngokushintshanisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.830. Kepha njengoba izinyanga zihamba nobubi bukaYahoo buyembulwa, IVerizon iqale ukucabanga kabusha ngesinqumo sokuyithenga, ecela ukwehliswa okukhulu emalini yokugcina okufanele ayikhokhe. Ngemuva kwezingxoxo eziningi, kubukeka sengathi i-Yahoo yehlise intengo yesivumelwano ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-350, okuyimali ethatha u-5% wenani eliphelele lomsebenzi.
Ngale ndlela, inani lokugcina iVerizon elizokhokha kuzoba ngu- $ 4.480 billion. Isivumelwano sokuthenga sizovalwa kwikota yesibili yonyaka wezi-2017 bese akubandakanyi amasheya kaJahoo e-Alibaba noma ebhizinisini le-Yahoo eJapan, ebonakala ingenye ehola kakhulu kule nkampani. Okuzofanele anakekele kuzoba yizikweletu zokukhokha kanye nezinhlawulo inkampani engazithola uma uphenyo olwenziwa ukuthola ukuthi kungani lokhu kuhlaselwa kufihlwe isikhathi eside seluphelile.