To Yahoo! made 23 claims

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In Yahoo! consider the transaction on sale of the main business to communications operator Verizon for $4,8 billion under the threat because of theft of these 500 million users in 2014, reports Business Insider with reference to the report submitted the company to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to United States of America (SEC).

Besides, Yahoo reported that received 23 judicial claims in connection with a data leakage. In the document it is said that "there are no guarantees" that Verizon is ready to close the transaction. Yahoo warned investors that the buyer "can try to dissolve the contract of purchase and sale of shares or to reconsider terms of transaction" because of incident with data security of users.

It not necessarily means that Yahoo expects agreement cancellation with Verizon, notes Business Insider. The companies are obliged to include information on possible risks in the reports. At the same time the edition specifies that before Yahoo never publicly called into question the transaction about sale of the main business of Verizon. Earlier general counsel of Verizon Craig Silliman declared br to br need to receive a complete idea of the scale of consequences of the breaking which has led to plunder of these users.

"I consider that we have all bases to think that consequences affected financial position of Yahoo!" - he explained. It became known of attack of hackers only after conclusion of agreement between two companies past summer.
As were reported by the representative of Yahoo! the company continues work on association with Verizon. However, according to Silliman, if Yahoo! does not consider hacker attack by the basis for transaction revision, the company has to provide proofs in favor of such position. Question of, whether negotiations on transaction depreciation, in Yahoo are conducted! refused to make comments.

"Frankly speaking, we still find out that then occurred and whether it is possible to consider it as the essential factor influencing a state of affairs", - the head of Verizon Lowell Makadam commented on a situation round a data leakage.

"I think that we have enough bases to believe at present that this reason is essential, and we wait that Yahoo! will show us all consequences of the incident" —   Silliman declared.

Also Yahoo! reported that became the respondent in 23 judicial claims. "Claimants claim that suffered from actions or bezdeystviye in connection with incident and demand compensation of damage in a monetary form and other compensations", - specifies Yahoo! . In the company do not open the size of claim requirements, saying only that it is a question of the essential sum.

Yahoo! reports that for the last quarter spent $1 million for elimination of violations of data security. In Yahoo added that are afraid that problems with a data leakage can lead to reduction of number of users of services of the company.
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