US politicians have ordered Marissa Meyer to explain why it took two years for a major cyberattack on Yahoo to come to light Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesMarissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, has been accused by US politicians of unacceptable handling of a cyberattack on her company and ordered to explain why it took two years to come to light. In a letter to Ms Mayer six Democrat senators said that they were “disturbed” by the lag between the 2014 breach and Yahoo’s disclosure of it on Thursday. More than 500 million customer records were stolen from Yahoo in the largest data breach in history. The admission came days after Verizon, the US telecoms company, bid $4.8 billion (£3.7 billion) for Yahoo. Verizon said it was notified…

Source: The Times September 27, 2016 23:37 UTC