http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/technology/daily-report-hacking-on-yahoo-may-knock-down-its-sale-price.html 2016-10-14 19:38:07 Daily Report: Hacking on Yahoo May Knock Down Its Sale Price Verizon, which was in talks to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.8 billion, says the hacking materially reduced Yahoo’s value. === The aftereffects of an extensive hacking can linger for weeks and months — sometimes even years. Yahoo The situation was especially prickly for Yahoo because it is in the midst of Now It is one move in a chess match that is no doubt going on behind the scenes between Verizon and Yahoo, and it illustrates how hackings can become a factor in a negotiation. Your move, Yahoo.