A Canadian man pleaded guilty in an American court Tuesday to nine charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities said was directed by Russian intelligence agents and affected about 500 million user accounts. Karim Baratov appeared in a jail jumpsuit before a U.S. federal judge and entered the pleas to one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. He gave “yes” and “no” answers to questions from the judge about his pleas, but said nothing more. U.S. law enforcement officials have called Baratov, 22, a “hacker-for-hire” and said he was paid by members of the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, to access more than 80 accounts. In August, Baratov decided to forgo his extradition hearing to face the charges in California.

Source: National Post November 29, 2017 00:50 UTC