Three men indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches ever

The US Department of Justice has charged three men with what is being described as “one of the largest reported data breaches in US history,” reports the BBC.

The defendants, one of whom has already pleaded guilty, stand accused of money laundering and computer fraud thought to be worth millions of dollars. The three men allegedly stole nearly a billion email addresses by hacking into eight email service providers, using the data to spam tens of millions of people and sell them fake products.

Three men indicted in 'one of the largest' data breaches ever