A Canadian man pleaded guilty in a U.S. court Tuesday to charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities say was directed by two Russian intelligence agents and affected at least a half billion user accounts. He gave "yes" and "no" answers to questions from the judge about his pleas, but said nothing more. Outside court Tuesday, Baratov's attorneys said their client hacked only eight accounts and did not know that he was working for Russian agents connected to the Yahoo breach. Yahoo user accounts began being compromised at least as early as 2014. Prosecutors say Dokuchaev and Sushchin turned to Baratov after learning that one of their targets had accounts at webmail providers other than Yahoo.

Source: CBC News November 29, 2017 00:04 UTC