by Olivia Solon in San Francisco on (#1VQZQ)
‘It doesn’t fit the normal intent’ of state-sponsored attacks, some experts say, pointing to the lack of detailed information from Yahoo about the hackIf Yahoo is to be believed in its assertion that a nation-state hacked into its network and made off with user data from 500m accounts, then there are a few obvious suspects, including China and Russia.However, Yahoo has not provided any detailed information about the attack, leading some security experts to raise questions over its origin. Why would nation-states be interested in or motivated to hack Yahoo? Continue reading...