Yahoo installed a backdoor for the NSA behind the back of the security team
I know this is from October, but it warrants re-reading now.<p>Today, Yahoo announced a hack of 1B accounts. They say they don&#x27;t know who it is, but we can conclude it&#x27;s not the US government because Yahoo is willing and legally able to publicly disclose it.<p>Previously, Yahoo willingly assisted an attacker in compromising 1B accounts. In this case, they did not disclose the attack publicly, <i>or even to their own chief information security officer</i>, because in that instance the attacker was the US government itself.<p>US intelligence activities are actively harmful to American commercial interests because they destroy trust, particularly from customers elsewhere in the world.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10&#x2F;report-fbi-andor-nsa-ordered-yahoo-to-build-secret-e-mail-search-tool&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10&#x2F;report-fbi-andor-...</a>