about many of its users<\/a>.<\/p>\nYahoo is in the process of being taken over by Verizon Communications in a $4.8bn (\u00a33.8bn) deal. The telecoms provider declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n
‘Upset workers’<\/h2>\n
Reuters reports that the scans were requested by either the National Security Agency (NSA) or the FBI, according to three sources – two of whom it says were ex-Yahoo employees.<\/p>\n
The news agency says that the software scanned for a string of characters within all incoming emails, but adds that it was unable to determine what information was handed over or if other internet companies had received a similar demand.<\/p>\n
US law allows the country’s intelligence agencies to order the release of customer data that they believe could prevent a terrorist attack, among other reasons.<\/p>\n
Companies can challenge such orders behind closed doors in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.<\/p>\n
But Reuters reports that Yahoo decided not to fight the matter because it thought it would lose. It adds that some Yahoo employees were upset by that decision.<\/p>\n
The whistleblower Edward Snowden, who previously revealed details about the US’s cyber-spying efforts, has tweeted in response to the unverified allegations: “Use @Yahoo? They secretly scanned everything you ever wrote… close your account today.”<\/p>\n
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