Verizon bid to block Yahoo user lawsuits fails [telecom]

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A US district court judge cleared the way for Yahoo users to sue over a massive 2013 data breach which impacted 3 billion accounts, despite an effort by Verizon to have the claims dismissed.

In the wake of the hack, users argued in court the company should have acted sooner to disclose the data breaches and claimed the company put them at risk of identity theft. Though Judge Lucy Koh dismissed some user claims for lacking merit, she let stand claims accusing Yahoo of negligence, deceit by concealment and breach of contract.