access at the company to hack into the accounts of nearly 6,000
Yahoo users in search of private and personal records, primarily
sexually explicit images and videos.
According to an press note
released by the U.S. Justice Department, Reyes Daniel Ruiz,
a 34-year-old resident of California and former Yahoo software
engineer, admitted accessing Yahoo internal systems to compromise
accounts belonging to younger women, including his personal friends
and work colleagues.
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Once he had access to the users’ Yahoo accounts, Ruiz then used
information obtained from users’ email messages and their account’s
login access to hacking into their iCloud, Gmail, Facebook,
DropBox, and other online accounts in search of more private
material.
that he found in the personal accounts of Yahoo users without their
permission and stored them on a private computer at his home,
according to federal prosecutors.
However, after one of his colleagues at the company noticed the
suspicious account activity, Ruiz then destroyed his private
computer and hard drive containing the stolen material in an
attempt to erase any proofs.
with one count of computer intrusion and one count of interception
of a wire communication.
However, under the plea agreement, Ruiz has pledged guilty to a
single count of computer intrusion, for which he could face up to
five years in prison and a $250,000 restitution fine for his
victims.
Ruiz is currently on release on a $200,000 bond as he awaits
sentence hearing on February 3, 2020.
References
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press note
(www.justice.gov)
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