Washington has not contacted Moscow over the charges, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday, citing a “highly placed” source in Moscow.
The administration of former President Barack Obama brought similar charges against Chinese and Iranian hackers who have not been extradited.
In a statement, White House spokesman Michael Anton said the charges “are part of a broad effort across the government to defend the United States against cyber attacks and cyber-related crimes.”
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Yahoo in December announced another breach that occurred in 2013 affecting one billion accounts. Special Agent Jack Bennett of the FBI’s San Francisco Division said the 2013 breach is unrelated and that an investigation of that incident is ongoing.
The hacks forced Yahoo to accept a discount of $350 million in what had been a $4.83 billion deal to sell its main assets to Verizon Communications Inc.
At least 30 million of the Yahoo accounts in the 2014 breach were the most seriously affected, with Belan able to burrow deep into their accounts and take user contact lists that were later used for a financially motivated spam campaign, according to the indictment. Belan also stole financial information such as credit card numbers and gift cards, it said.
Originally posted 2017-03-15 22:58:53.
