seems to believe these attacks couldn t be happening without vladimir putin s blessing. very likely they are happening with his blessing because microsoft says the u.s. government has identified the hackers as being part of russia s foreign intelligence service. tonight, we have new information on the breach ask the targets. tonight, new reports that vladimir putin s army of hackers is, again, targeting maerng. america. micr mi microsoft announcing the same hackers behind the solarwinds attack last year are at it, again. the perpetrators as being from russia s top-foreign intelligence service, the svr, this time, microsoft says they breached as many as 14 i.t. prov providers. maybe it s information they can operationalize, and use for blackmail or exploitation. maybe, it s information that could give them a competitive edge in in economic negotiations or in research and development. reporter: it s not clear how