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Re:Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insi... by oconnore on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @06:42PM (#12601950)
> In the case of Yahoo, I still hold the hypothesis that they underestimated the (Negative feedback on a breakdown in security)

Yahoo's stock is up (+53% since February, with a small dip in late June). Where is the miscalculation?

Volkswagen is back to positive sales growth, and their stock has recovered 50% since their discovery last September. Their calculation was correct, too.

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Re:Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insi... by s3r3nity on Thursday September 29, 2016 @10:40AM (#12605583)
Ah good point - at least for Volkswagen...Yahoo has other confounding factors (their sale, etc.) but overall the impact is probably a short-term shock with few longer-term lagging effects.
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