Yahoo last year secretly came up with a program to help the federal government sift through all incoming emails received by its users, according to a new report.

Company CEO Marissa Mayer made the decision to comply with a classified directive demanding that the company provide assistance, sources told Reuters. The decision allegedly resulted in the June 2015 departure of Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos.

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