Yandex leaks internal Google Docs apparently shared by Russian banks, state officials, and Internet trolls

On the evening of July 4, Russian Internet users realized that the search engine Yandex has been indexing a surprising array of information stored on Google Docs, including files containing passwords, credit card numbers, and corporate documents. Yandex’s press service says the company’s actions were perfectly legitimate, but within hours of Wednesday’s discovery the search engine stopped producing any hyperlinks to Google Docs.

Online publication Meduza took a closer look at what information leaked to the public because of this unintended loophole.