US judge says that Yahoo must face lawsuits over data breaches

A US court has ruled that lawsuits against Yahoo concerning a pair of massive hacks can move forward, according to Reuters.The lawsuit concerns two major breaches: one that occurred in 2013 that impacted more than a billion users, and another in late 2014 that affected at least 500 million accounts. in December, a judicial panel consolidated five putative class action suits that sought to represent account holders who had e-mails, passwords, and other sensitive information compromised.Yahoo soug