10 Most Hated Companies in America Right Now

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6. Yahoo!

Yahoo!, which is currently part of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), gets a lot of hate over how it handled two major data breaches and still is one of the most hated companies in America even though the events in question happened over a year ago. In fact, searching Google for “Hate Yahoo!” shows a whooping 36.40 million results. Yahoo! reported the data breaches back in 2016, but the actual breaches occurred in 2013 and 2014. Initially, the company said that the hacking involved 1 billion user accounts, but in October 2017, Yahoo! said that all 3 billion accounts were affected. Both breaches are believed to be the largest in the history of the Internet to be discovered. Yahoo! was criticized for coming out with information regarding the hacking so late and formed CEO Marissa Mayer had to testify before the Congress, which launched an investigation. The company is also involved in several lawsuits and the development impacted Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)’s acquisition of Yahoo! by loweing the price by $350 million.

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