Security News > 2016 > October > Yahoo scanned incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence (Help Net Security)
2016-10-05 15:29
In 2015, Yahoo created custom software for covertly scanning their customers’ incoming emails, and deployed it on behalf of a US intelligence agency, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Reuters’ sources include three former employees and a fourth person apprised of the events,” and this is what they say: Yahoo received the request to build such a tool from a US intelligence agency – it’s unknown if it’s the FBI or the NSA – and to use … More →
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