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at least one of the Yahoo hacks started off from a spear phishing attack

Alexander Bochmann Wednesday 22 of March, 2017
IDG News: Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo.

The hack began with a spear-phishing email sent in early 2014 to a Yahoo company employee. It's unclear how many employees were targeted and how many emails were sent, but it only takes one person to click on a link, and it happened.


(Via RISKS Digest.)