Yahoo says hackers stole data from 500 million accounts in 2014

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)