Yahoo Hacker Arrested And Admits Working for The Russians
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The Kazakhstan-born Canadian citizen Karim Baratov (22) has pleaded guilty to massive 2014 Yahoo hack that affected three billion accounts.
He admitted that he generally spearphished his victims, sending them emails from accounts he established to appear to belong to the webmail provider at which the victim’s account was hosted (such as Google or Yandex).
Karim Baratov was arrested in Toronto at his home by the Toronto Police Department in March.
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