Kusukela ekudalweni kwayo, unyaka omubi kakhulu emlandweni we-Yahoo kube yi-2016, unyaka abone ngawo ukwehla kwenani lakhe, ngemuva kwezinkinga zokubambisana nohulumeni waseMelika ukuze akwazi ukufinyelela kunoma iyiphi i-akhawunti ye-imeyili kanye nama-akhawunti angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.500 ezagencwa eminyakeni eyedlule, kepha inkampani yakufihla kwaze kwaba ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ngaphambi kokuthi kudalulwe inani lama-akhawunti akade enziwe esidlangalaleni, i-Yahoo ibisifinyelele esivumelwaneni sokuthengisa iningi lenkampani kwaVerizon.
Kungekudala ngemuva kokuthola ukukhokhelwa kwamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.800, amacala ama-hacks kuma-Yahoo akhawunti aqala ukuvezwa, into Akuhlalanga kahle kuVerizon ozame izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ukuzama ukusula isivumelwano lapho ifike khona ne-Yahoo noma ukuthi intengo yokuthengiselana yehlisiwe, okungenani izigidi eziyinkulungwane. Akuqinisekiswanga esidlangalaleni noma kwenqatshwa ukuthi intengo kungenzeka ishintshile, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi asisoze sazi. Okwamanje okuwukuphela kwento ebonakala iyiqiniso ukuthi iVerizon isemuva kokuthengwa kweYahoo.
Ngokuqondakalayo, leli kota lokugcina libe ngelinye elihle kakhulu kuYahoo, elikwazile ukukhuphula inani lalo lokuthengisa ngezigidi ezingama-200 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule futhi ladlula ngezigidi eziyi-100, izibalo ezibikezelwe ngabahlaziyi. Lapho i-Yahoo isusa ingxenye ethengwe yiVerizon, inkampani izobizwa nge-Altaba, futhi i-Yahoo Japan ezophatha ngayo, enye yenzuzo enkulu kakhulu yenkampani ngaphezu kwesikhundla esibalulekile esinaso ku-Alibaba omkhulu waseChina.