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Russian tech giant Yandex says code leaked in cybersecurity incident

Russian tech giant Yandex says code leaked in cybersecurity incident

* This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Russian tech giant Yandex said on Tuesday that fragments of its program code had been leaked online, with a preliminary investigation revealing violations of some of its own internal policies. “The company is taking this matter extremely seriously and has initiated a thorough investigation into the cause, content and implications of the leak,” Yandex’s… Source link

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Yandex scrapes Google and other SEO learnings from the source code leak

Yandex scrapes Google and other SEO learnings from the source code leak

“Fragments” of Yandex’s codebase leaked online last week. Much like Google, Yandex is a platform with many aspects such as email, maps, a taxi service, etc. The code leak featured chunks of all of it.  According to the documentation therein, Yandex’s codebase was folded into one large repository called Arcadia in 2013. The leaked codebase is a subset of all projects in Arcadia and we find several components in it related to the search engine in the “Kernel,” “Library,”… Source link

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Massive Yandex code leak reveals Russian search engine’s ranking factors

Massive Yandex code leak reveals Russian search engine’s ranking factors

Enlarge / The Russian logo of Yandex, the country’s largest search engine and a tech company with many divisions, inside the company’s headquarters. SOPA Images / Getty Images Nearly 45GB of source code files, allegedly stolen by a former employee, have revealed the underpinnings of Russian tech giant Yandex’s many apps and services. It also revealed key ranking factors for Yandex’s search engine, the kind… Source link

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Yandex data breach reveals source code littered with racist language

Yandex data breach reveals source code littered with racist language

Russian tech company Yandex has issued an apology after racial slurs were discovered in source code leaked in a recent data breach.   Several references to racial slurs, including the ‘N-word’, were found in the company’s source code last week.   A researcher first revealed the use of offensive terminology in a series of posts on Twitter on 26 January, sparking heavy criticism.   In a statement, Yandex told IT Pro that an initial investigation showed that the leaked code “appears to be… Source link

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Racial slurs discovered in leaked Yandex source code

Racial slurs discovered in leaked Yandex source code

Russian tech giant Yandex apologized on Friday for racial slurs uncovered in the company’s source code. The apology came in response to the discovery of multiple references to the N-word in the company’s code base after it leaked online. “We deeply regret that this word ever appeared in our internal codes,” the Yandex press office told CyberScoop in an email Friday. A researcher who goes by the name “Wacky Fruit” on Twitter posted screenshots Thursday showing the use… Source link

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