U.S. accuses Russian agents of masterminding Yahoo hack
By Bloomberg
16 March 2017 |
4:42 am
The U.S. government accused Russia of directing some of the world’s most notorious cyber criminals to break into computer systems, namely half-billion accounts at Yahoo, in a broad scheme that married illicit profits and intelligence gathering.
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