Yahoo could owe you up to $358 for data breach

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, the Yahoo logo appears on a smartphone in Frankfurt....
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, the Yahoo logo appears on a smartphone in Frankfurt. A former Yahoo software engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking into the accounts of some 6,000 Yahoo users in search of sexual photos and videos. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)(GIM)
Published: Oct. 15, 2019 at 6:25 PM PDT
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Yahoo users can now file a claim for a piece of the $117.5 million class-action settlement related to massive data breaches.

According to

if you had a Yahoo account between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016, you can get two years of free credit monitoring services by AllClear ID or up to $358.

That's including traditional Yahoo email or accounts on Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Yahoo Finance, Tumblr and Flickr.

According to the

in August 2013, “malicious actors were able to gain access to Yahoo’s user database and took records for all existing Yahoo accounts,” which was approximately 3 billion.

The data breach wasn't disclosed until years later and is considered the largest hack in history.

The deadline to file a claim is July 20, 2020.

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