Yahoo: Who is Responsible for the Hack?

Posted: September 23rd, 2016

By Vitali Kremez

Vitali Kremez is a senior cyber intelligence analyst at Flashpoint. He has enjoyed a successful career as Cybercrime Investigative Analyst for the New York County District Attorney's Office partnering with the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, City of London (UK) Police, New York Police Department, and Spanish Civil Guardia.

Yahoo has announced hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, stole data on around 500 million users in 2014. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with Vitali Kremez, a Senior Analyst at cyber intelligence company Flashpoint, about the hack.

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Yahoo: Who is Responsible for the Hack?

By Vitali Kremez

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