Yahoo wasn’t lying when it told Verizon it didn’t know about the biggest hack in history

Yahoo wasn’t lying when it told Verizon it didn’t know about the biggest hack in history

Since Yahoo admitted on Sept. 22 that a 2014 hack compromised half a billion user accounts, a key question has been: how long has it known? The Financial Times reported (paywall) on Sept 23 that CEO Marissa Mayer knew Yahoo was looking into a possible hack back in July. This looks bad, since in late…