Cybersecurity and Risk Management Technology
1. Why do you think Yahoo was targeted for these data breaches?
2. Why did Yahoo keep the breaches from the public eye? How did
their nondisclosure affect Yahoo’s relationship with its customers
and partners?
3. In addition to the data theft, what else was damaged by
this incident?
4. Were these cybersecurity incidents foreseeable? Were they
avoidable?
5. Assuming that the CEO and CIO were forced to resign, what mes–
sage does that send to senior management at Yahoo?
