It turned out that Yahoo! engineers had invaded about 6000 accounts for sexual image purposes
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An engineer working at Yahoo! in the United States abused his authority to gain unauthorized access to about 6000 accounts. The purpose of the criminals was sexual images and movies, and the victims were mainly personal friends and colleagues.
Former Yahoo Software Engineer Pleads Guilty To Using Work Access To Hack Into Yahoo Users' Personal Accounts | USAO-NDCA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-yahoo-software-engineer-pleads-guilty-using-work-access-hack-yahoo-users
Ex-Yahoo employee pleads guilty to hacking accounts for sexual images
Defendant Reyes Daniel Lewis repeatedly abused his Yahoo! account to gain unauthorized access. It is known that the defendant used the stolen email address and password of the Yahoo! account to illegally invade Internet services such as iCloud, Facebook, Gmail, and Dropbox.
What Lewis wanted was a private sexual image/movie. Defendants Lewis were primarily targeted at personal friends and colleagues at work, with an estimated 6,000 victims. Employer Yahoo! dismissed Lewis after noticing Lewis' 'suspicious behavior.' Later, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation uncovered the full story of the accused of Lewis.
By TheDigitalWay
Responding to the investigation, Lewis broke the PC and HDD that stored the stolen data, but as of October 1, 2019, the intrusion into the computer and the interception of wired communication It has been indicted by the company, and the contents of the indictment are allowed under the conditions of judicial dealings.
According to Mashable , who reported the news, Lewis is expected to face up to five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and damages to the victim.
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