US charges two Russian spies over Yahoo hack

Prosecutor refuses to rule out link with Moscow's alleged attempt to interfere with presidential election

Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Two Russian spies have been charged in the US over a massive breach of Yahoo, reports the BBC.

According to the US Department of Justice, Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin, both officers in Russia's Federal Security Service, conspired with criminal hackers as part of the 2014 breach that affected 500 million accounts. Two others have also been charged.

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