TalkTalk, Sky and BT customers were also affected.

Thousands unable to access emails after Yahoo outage

About three billion Yahoo accounts were hit by hackers that included some linked to Russia by the FBI.

Yahoo agrees to pay £38 million for massive security breach

Ed Sheeran and Strictly Come Dancing appeared in the top five, while Love Island, Game Of Thrones and Ariana Grande featured highly.

Following the hacking of one billion Yahoo accounts several years ago, the company has warned users of a new threat.

Personal information from one billion Yahoo account users may have been stolen in a second hack revealed by the company.

Politics, sport and celebrities dominated Yahoo's most popular internet search terms in 2016.

Yahoo has confirmed 500 million users had their personal details stolen after a security breach - but how do you protect yourself online?


The company said the security breach took place in 2014 and personal information including telephone numbers and dates of birth were taken.

Newspaper group confirms it has entered early stage discussions over a potential purchase of ailing web giant.

Prince George, twerking, Breaking Bad and the false widow spider were among the terms most searched for on Yahoo! this year.

Yahoo has poached one of Google's first employees as its third chief executive in a year. 