Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Reuters: Western intelligence hacked ‘Russia’s Google’ Yandex to spy on accounts
A view of the headquarters of Yandex company, Russia's internet search engine, in Moscow on May 16, 2017.Ukraine on May 16 blocked Russia's most popular social media networks and an internet search engine in response to the Kremlin's alleged backing of a three-year separatist war in the east. / AFP PHOTO / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
