Accused Yahoo hacker to stay in custody after bail upheld by court
TORONTO — A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will have to stay in custody as he prepares to fight extradition to the United States.
Ontario’s appeal court has dismissed Karim Baratov’s effort to fight a judge’s decision to deny him bail, saying that while the judge made some mistakes, they were not serious enough to affect the outcome.
“At the end of the day, Mr. Baratov remains a significant flight risk, and is alleged to have committed a serious offence,” Justice Bradley Miller said in upholding the judge’s ruling.
In a decision released Friday, Miller acknowledged the judge erred in finding that Baratov had breached the secure computers at Yahoo, Google and other companies, when in fact he is accused of “spear-phishing,” a type of scam used to dupe users into giving away confidential information.