yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach of its service , according to several sources close to the situation .
inc. , is preparing to confirm a “ massive data breach on record .
back in august , motherboard 's joseph cox reported that 200 million apparent yahoo user credentials were being sold on the dark web .
getty kimberly white yahoo is getting ready to confirm a huge , historic hack affecting 200 million users , recode reports .
on monday , the hacker known as peace , who has previously sold dumps of myspace and linkedin , listed supposed credentials of yahoo sources did not confirm the hack .
at the time , the company 's response was only that it was " aware of [ the ] claim . "
earlier this summer , yahoo said it was investigating a data breach in which hackers claimed to have access to 200 million user accounts and one was selling them online .
tech news site recode broke the news , citing sources who noted the breach to be “ widespread and serious ” , with the likelihood of legal action and investigations led by the government .
the company was the victim of hacking that has exposed several hundred million user accounts .