Yahoo says hackers stole data from 500 million accounts in 2014

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The breach exposed several hundred million user accounts, Recode reported.

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) bought Yahoo's core internet properties, including Yahoo search and Yahoo mail, for $4.83 billion in July.

Yahoo could not be immediately reached for comment.

(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)