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Microsoft says exec email breached in Russia-backed hack

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Microsoft says exec email breached in Russia-backed hack



Updated 1 week ago ·
Published on 20 Jan 2024 3:00PM ·





Microsoft says hackers linked to Russia’s spy service broke into senior Microsoft executives’ email accounts. – EPA pic, January 20, 2024.

HACKERS linked to Russia’s intelligence service broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft executives, a regulatory filing available yesterday said.

Microsoft identified the cyber attacker as a group referred to as “Midnight Blizzard”, which it said has been connected to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service by US and British governments.

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