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U.S. Charges Russian FSB Officers & Their Criminal Conspirators for Hacking Yahoo & Millions of Email Accounts

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A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January 2014, to access Yahoo’s network and the contents of webmail accounts.

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Updated February 5, 2025
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Cybercrime
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National Security Division (NSD)
USAO - California, Northern

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