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YahooMail Is So Bad That Congress Banned It (UPDATED)

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Dissent

William Turton reports:

Earlier today, reports surfaced about an email sent to House of Representatives staffers about ransomware. Gizmodo has obtained the email in full.

According to the email sent in late April by the House’s Technology Service Desk, there has been an increase in ransomware attacks sent through Gmail, YahooMail, and other public email services. Ransomware attacks work by tricking users into opening malicious files that then encrypt a computer’s contents and lock users out. The computer can only be unlocked by paying a ransom to hackers who hold the keys.

Read more on Gizmodo.

Update: See also The Intercept, who reports that Google Cloud services hosted by Google’s appspot.com are also blocked, although it’s not clear if it’s for the same reason at Yahoo.

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