Five Eyes hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts - sources

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Rare type of malware deployed in an attempt to spy on user accounts.

Five Eyes hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts - sources
Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the ...

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