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Hackers breach Russia’s version of Google, users exposed

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Hackers breach Russia's version of Google, users exposed

A group of cybercriminals found their way into Yandex – the Russian version of Google, in an attempt to steal data for espionage purposes, an exclusive Reuters story claims.

It is being speculated that the group behind the attack is state-sponsored, by one (or multiple) members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing alliance: The United States, The UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

It took Yandex a few weeks and a little help from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to spot the breach. The company says no data was stolen and that the breach was stopped before it could do any serious harm.

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“This particular attack was detected at a very early stage by the Yandex security team. It was fully neutralized before any damage was done,” Yandex spokesman Ilya Grabovsky said.

The hackers allegedly breached Yandex using Regin malware – a rare type of malware that was first brought to the public’s attention after Snowden’s whistleblowing.

 

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