lauren@vortex.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:44:14 -0700
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-charging-russian-spies-and-criminal-hackers-for-yahoo-intrusion/2017/03/15/64b98e32-0911-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html
The Justice Department announced Wednesday the indictments of two Russian
spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million
Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal cyber
charges ever against Russian government officials. The indictments target
two members of the Russian intelligence agency FSB, and two hackers hired
by the Russians. The charges include hacking, wire fraud, trade secret
theft and economic espionage, according to officials. The indictments are
part of the largest hacking case brought by the United States.