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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/polit...o-hack-russia0422PMVODtopLink&linkId=35503630

Washington (CNN)The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that four people -- including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) -- have been indicted in connection to a massive hack of Yahoo information.
The hack, which the DOJ said was initiated in January 2014, affected at least 500 million Yahoo accounts. Some of the stolen information was used to "obtain unauthorized access to the contents of accounts at Yahoo, Google and other webmail providers, including accounts of Russian journalists, US and Russian government officials and private-sector employees of financial, transportation and other companies," the DOJ said in a statement.
Hackers stole data that included names, email addresses and passwords -- but not financial information, according to Yahoo's announcement regarding the breaches.

The officers of the FSB -- Russia's successor to the Soviet Union's KGB -- were identified as Igor Anatolyevich Sushchin, 43, and Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev, 33. The two allegedly conspired with Russian national Alexsey Alexseyevich Belan, aka "Magg," 29, and Karim Baratov, aka "Kay," "Karim Taloverov" and "Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov," 22, who is a resident of Canada.

Wow. Russia going to Russia.

 

[commish]

Pretty sure it was Obama who did the hacking.

 

[PantherLotus]

Wait 'til some low level Dem is outed for something stupid via wikileaks because of this.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Russia will never give these guys to the USA. I wonder if any of them have knowledge of Trump.

 

[Swass]

Too bad they are going to die soon of natural causes.

 

[Beartruck]

Too bad they are going to die soon of natural causes.

They're going to stand up and yell "I am inveencible!" right before a liquid nitrogen tank explodes and freezes them.

 

[guek]

Good thing Trump is so tough on Russia

 

[Jenov]

Russia will never give these guys to the USA. I wonder if any of them have knowledge of Trump.

A few were already detained. One was in Canada.

 

[Volimar]

Are microwaves a big Russian export?

 

[johnsmith]

But how much do they weigh?

 

[B-Dubs]

But how much do they weigh?

Before or after the polonium poisoning takes hold?

 

[Kinyou]

Pretty sure it was Obama who did the hacking.

Don't be silly. He was however surveilling the whole thing through a microwave.

 

[Poodlestrike]

But how much do they weigh?

Also, were they above or below ground when they did the hacking?

These are the important questions.

 

[gutter_trash]

A few were already detained. One was in Canada.

throw the book at him and give him the maximum sentence,

traitor

 

[slider]

Russia will never give these guys to the USA. I wonder if any of them have knowledge of Trump.

If Lugavoi is anything to go by, not a chance in hell. Rogue state.

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Those three faces on the wanted poster they had up.

Looked like a bunch of 20 y/o punk asses. They're hacking Yahoo? What do the tech security folks look like at yahoo? Freshmen students at Hogwarts?

Is this a brute force thing or "our highly paid tech security guys that have decades more experience just suck"

 

[Joe T.]

A few were already detained. One was in Canada.

His lawyer looks like a villain straight out of a Hollywood action movie.

 

[Nekofrog]

Those three faces on the wanted poster they had up.

Looked like a bunch of 20 y/o punk asses. They're hacking Yahoo? What do the tech security folks look like at yahoo? Freshmen students at Hogwarts?

Is this a brute force thing or "our highly paid tech security guys that have decades more experience just suck"

The honest really of a lot of IT (and security specialists) is that they work with what's given to them. Although it's never​ a valid excuse and Yahoo of all companies should have the best tech available given the very nature of the business, I've seen some really messed up security "solutions" at places you would think would be totally rock solid.