Yahoo has scanned emails for US authorities, reports say

 The report follows Yahoo's disclosure that hackers had stolen data from at least 500 million of its users
The report follows Yahoo’s disclosure that hackers had stolen data from at least 500 million of its users

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users’ email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report.

Reuters news agency says the firm built special software last year to comply with a classified request.

“Yahoo is a law abiding company, and complies with the laws of the United States,” the tech firm said in a statement provided to the BBC.

The allegation comes less than a fortnight after Yahoo said hackers had stolen data about many of its users.

Yahoo is in the process of being taken over by Verizon Communications in a $4.8bn (£3.8bn) deal. The telecoms provider declined to comment on the report.

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