The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data

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The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

In late January 2023, almost 45 GB of source code from the Russian search giant Yandex was leaked on BreachForums by a former Yandex employee.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/1680837

I feel it’s relevant, because of it confirming the possibility of “big tech” spying and cooperating with 3-letter agencies.

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