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A window into Yandex’s censorship A source code leak reveals how Russia’s top tech company protects Putin’s image — Meduza

A window into Yandex’s censorship A source code leak reveals how Russia’s top tech company protects Putin’s image — Meduza

Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and… 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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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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