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Hacker jailed over massive Yahoo security breach

A Canadian computer hacker has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a massive security breach at Yahoo that federal agents said was directed by Russian government spies.

Hacker jailed over massive Yahoo security breach

Tue, 29 May, 2018 - 21:33

A Canadian computer hacker has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a massive security breach at Yahoo that federal agents said was directed by Russian government spies.

Karim Baratov was also fined 250,000 dollars (€214,000) by US judge Vince Chhabria.

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