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US indicts Russian spies, hackers over hack of 500m Yahoo accounts

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The US government on Wednesday unsealed charges against two Russian spies and two criminal hackers for allegedly pilfering 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014,

The indictments, announced at a news conference in Washington, represent the first time the US government has criminally charged Russian officials for cyber offences.

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