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Yandex: Internal security team uncovers data breach

March 20, 2021

Yandex one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia
Announced that a data breach discovered during routine screening by Yandex’s security team
An internal investigation revealed that an employee providing unauthorized access to users’ mailboxes for personal gain
The employee one of three system administrators with the necessary access rights to provide technical support for the service
Yandex’s security team already blocked unauthorized access to the compromised mailboxes
A thorough internal investigation of the incident under way, and Yandex making changes to administrative access procedures