Home Business Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts – sources Business Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts – sources By Genpie - June 27, 2019 162 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.