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Providing details on a large hacking case, Yahoo says it believes "information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen." The company says its investigation suggests the stolen data doesn't include payment and bank account information, which it says are stored in a different system.

Yahoo suspects that a "state-sponsored actor" performed the hack, stealing users' account information from the company network late in 2014.


That account information could include users' names, emails, phone numbers, and dates of birth, Yahoo says. In some cases, log-in security questions and answers were also stolen. The company 

 about the security problems.

An investigation into the hack is ongoing, 

, adding that it's notifying users who may have been affected and is taking steps to secure those accounts. The company says it's using email to notify those who were potentially affected; it's also urging users to change their passwords.
Confirmation of the hack comes nearly two months after Verizon 

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Yahoo says the personal information in 500 million accounts was stolen in a security breach disclosed Thursday. Yahoo is blaming the hack on a "state-sponsored actor."

Yahoo says hackers stole info in 500 million user accounts

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