Yahoo $117.5 Million Data Breach Settlement: Payout Status

Who qualifies

• You received a notice about the Yahoo data breaches, or you had a Yahoo account at any time between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016.
• You are a resident of the United States or Israel — the settlement class was limited to these two groups (the underlying breaches affected billions of accounts worldwide, but only U.S. and Israeli account holders were covered here).
• Covered accounts include Yahoo Mail and affiliated services such as Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Tumblr, and Flickr, as well as paid Aabaco small-business email customers.
• You filed a valid claim by the July 20, 2020 deadline — the settlement is closed to new claims, so eligibility now only matters for people who already filed.

Yahoo settlement payout status — what happens now

1. 1

   The claim deadline closed on July 20, 2020

   To share in the $117.5 million fund you had to submit a claim by July 20, 2020 (a deadline that had already been extended). That window is closed and no new claims are accepted. If you missed it, there is nothing further to collect from this settlement.

2. 2

   The court approved the settlement and the appeal was resolved

   Judge Lucy H. Koh granted final approval on July 22, 2020. Objectors appealed to the Ninth Circuit, which delayed distribution, but the court affirmed the settlement on September 27, 2022, clearing the way for payments to begin.

3. 3

   The initial distribution went out starting June 2023

   Kroll Settlement Administration issued the first round of payments beginning in June 2023. Claimants chose either two-plus years of AllClear ID credit monitoring or an alternative cash payment. Because of high claim volume, cash amounts were adjusted pro rata — the fullest claims reached roughly $358 to $378.

4. 4

   A residual (second) distribution began June 4, 2026

   The official administrator confirms the initial distribution is complete and a residual distribution of leftover funds began June 4, 2026. It only includes valid claimants who selected the Alternative Compensation cash option. These residual checks are small — reported around $8 — because they redistribute what was left after the first round and uncashed checks.

5. 5

   If you filed but never got paid

   Contact Kroll at 1-844-702-2788 or through yahoodatabreachsettlement.com. If you filed a valid Alternative Compensation claim and believe you are owed a payment from the residual round, the administrator is the right place to confirm your status — no new claims can be filed.

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   Don't miss the next data-breach payout — ClaimBee alerts you

   Major data breaches lead to settlements every year, and the claim windows are easy to miss. ClaimBee scans 2,000+ cases, matches them to your profile, and tracks every deadline so you file the next one on time.

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