Security News > 2016 > September > Yahoo breach was not state-sponsored, researchers claim (Help Net Security)

The massive 2014 Yahoo breach isn’t the work of state-sponsored hackers as the company has claimed to believe, say researchers from identity protection and threat intelligence firm InfoArmor. Instead, the breach was effected by a group of professional blackhats believed to be from Eastern Europe. Group E: Masterminds of the attack InfoArmor researchers have dubbed them “Group E”, and according to the firm’s knowledge, they have been hacking databases for years now, and were the … More →
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