OP 15 February, 2021 - 04:00 PM
Quote:In a security notice, Yandex said an employee had been providing unauthorized access to users’ email accounts “for personal gain.”
Yandex – one of Europe’s largest internet companies – is warning of a data breach that compromised 4,887 email accounts. The breach stems from an insider threat.
Yandex is the most-used search engine in Russia – and the fifth most-popular search engine worldwide. Beyond its search engine, Yandex’s internet product lineup includes email services, online advertising, app analytics and more.
The company found that a Yandex employee had been providing unauthorized access to users’ mailboxes “for personal gain.” This employee was one of three system administrators, who had the access privileges to provide technical support for mailboxes, said Yandex.
Read the full article on https://threatpost.com/yandex-data-breac...ts/163960/.