Yahoo says hackers stole information from more than 1 billion accounts

Updated at 7:00 p.m. ET
Yahoo says hackers stole names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers from more than 1 billion accounts.
In a statement posted to its website on Wednesday, the company said it had “taken steps to secure user accounts and is working closely with law enforcement.”
The statement continued:
“As Yahoo previously disclosed in November, law enforcement provided the company with data files that