Yahoo Inc. announced Wednesday that general counsel Ron Bell is leaving the tech giant after an investigation of the company revealed that its legal team failed to sufficiently inquire into a massive 2014 cybersecurity breach.
According to a March 1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bell “resigned as the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary and from all other positions with the Company” effective Wednesday. The filing said that “[n]o payments are being made to Mr. Bell in connection with his resignation.”
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