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US to Yahoo: Hand Over Data or Pay $250K a Day

12
Sep
2014

Just how badly did the federal government want data about Yahoo users for its now-notorious PRISM surveillance program ? It threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day in 2008 if it didn’t comply, reports the Washington Post . The revelation comes from newly declassified court documents detailing the company’s…

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