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Yahoo engineer gets no jail time after hacking 6,000 accounts to look for porn

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

A former Yahoo engineer was sentenced to five years of probation and home confinement for hacking into the personal accounts of more than 6,000 Yahoo Mail users to search for sexually explicit images and videos.

Reyes Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Tracy, California, will only be allowed to leave his home for work, religious activities, medical appointments, or court-related obligations.

Read more on ZDNet.


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