[Newsbot]

Title: 4 charged in massive Yahoo hack, including 1 Canadian
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2017-03-15 09:53:36
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

I'm sure it was just the CIA, making it look like Russians.

[Thanos]

FAKE. It's just a bunch of 400 lb fat guys who can't get out of bed being mischievous.

[raydan]

Thanos Thanos:

FAKE. It's just a bunch of 400 lb fat guys who can't get out of bed being mischievous.

In his defence, Fiddle is trying hard to lose the weight.

[shockedcanadian]

Thank you FBI, once again for making Canada aware of threats on our soil.

The RCMP, OPP and local clowns just figured that every 22 year old Russian is able to pay off his mortgage in full and purchase high end luxury sports cars...

One can only imagine how many Chinese hackers, spies and agents are operating unabated in Canada.

[BRAH]

Verizon sought $925 million discount for Yahoo merger, got $350 million

$1:

Verizon Communications sought almost triple the price reduction that it ultimately obtained for Yahoo's core assets following two massive cyber attacks at the internet company, according to a Yahoo filing.

The closing of the deal, which Verizon first announced in July for a purchase price of $4.83 billion, had been delayed as the companies assessed the fallout from two data breaches that Yahoo disclosed last year. The No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier had been trying to persuade Yahoo to amend the terms of the agreement following the attacks

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/14/verizon-sought-925-million-discount-for-yahoo-merger-got-350-million.html
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The hacks were corporate espionage committed by Verizon to drive down Yahoo's asking price.

[DrCaleb]

BRAH BRAH:

The hacks were corporate espionage committed by Verizon to drive down Yahoo's asking price.

Unlikely. Hacks of this nature are usually for the data. It has value on the open market, and considering how much personal information it contained it's likely to be highly valuable.

Looks like they gained access through the old 'Spear Phish' technique. I have to admit, hackers are getting good at that.

[DrCaleb]

$1:

With the Yahoo keys to the kingdom in hand, according to the indictment, the hackers sought access to the Yahoo accounts of "Russian journalists; Russian and U.S. government officials; employees of a prominent Russian cybersecurity company; and numerous employees of U.S., Russian, and other foreign webmail and Internet-related service providers whose networks the conspirators sought to further exploit."

In other instances, according to the indictment, the hackers "sought access to accounts of employees of commercial entities, including executives and other managers of a prominent Russian investment banking firm…; a French transportation company; U.S. financial services and private equity firms; a Swiss bitcoin wallet and banking firm; and a U.S. airline."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... ve-breach/

That's not corporate espionage, that's people mining.