Relying on private hackers gives governments some deniability, but it can bring the whole scheme down By Michael Kan When governments turn to private hackers to carry out state-sponsored attacks,…
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Russia denies Yahoo hack involvement
The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo. Two FSB officers were accused of conspiring with…
US charges Russian spies over Yahoo breach
Two Russian spies are among four individuals indicted by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over a huge theft of Yahoo user accounts. The members of the FSB, the Russian…
Yahoo Execs ‘Ignored’ Security Team Over 2014 Breach
Activity is now said to have exposed the accounts of 32 million users. By Phil Muncaster Yahoo’s board has blamed unnamed senior executives and its legal team for failing to…
Yahoo warns users of account breaches related to recent attacks
‘A forged cookie may have been used … to access your account’ By Grant Gross Yahoo has begun warning individual users that their accounts with the service may have been…
Why 2017 will be the worst year ever for security
High-profile breaches are just the tip of the iceberg. Many have never been detected or disclosed–and without a major infrastructure changes it’s only going to get worse. By Fahmida Y.…